Berlepsch's Tinamou

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Berlepsch's Tinamou
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Tinamiformes
Family: Tinamidae
Genus: Crypturellus
Species: C. berlepschi
Binomial name
Crypturellus berlepschi
(Rothschild, 1897)

The Berlepsch's Tinamou Crypturellus berlepschi is a type of ground bird found in montane moist forest up from 0 to 500 m altitude. This species has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 60,000 km². This species is native to North-west Colombia and west Ecuador.

This bird is named after Hans von Berlepsch to commemorate him.

[edit] Characteristics

Berlepsch's Tinamou is greyish-brown in color with reddish tinge to crown and nape.

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