Brazilian Tinamou

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Brazilian Tinamou

Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Tinamiformes
Family: Tinamidae
Genus: Crypturellus
Species: C. strigulosus
Binomial name
Crypturellus strigulosus
(Temminck, 1815)

The Brazilian Tinamou Crypturellus strigulosus is a type of Tinamou found in lowland moist forest in subtropical and tropical regions up to 500 m altitude. This species is native to north Bolivia, amazonian Brazil and east Peru. The status of this species is evaluated as Least Concern.

[edit] Characteristics

The Brazilian Tinamou is approximately 28 cm in length. It is reddish-brown above, throat rufous, breast grey and belly whitish with legs brown. The female is distinctly barred blackish and ochraceous above.

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