Highland Tinamou

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Highland Tinamou
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Tinamiformes
Family: Tinamidae
Genus: Nothocercus
Species: N. bonapartei
Binomial name
Nothocercus bonapartei
Gray,GR, 1867

The Highland Tinamou (Bonaparte Tinamou), Nothocercus bonapartei is a type of ground bird found in montane moist forest up to 1,300 to 2,500 m altitude. This species has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 140,000 km². It has five subspecies:

[edit] Characteristics

The Highland Tinamou is a shy Tinamou and usually solitary or in small groups of up to five. It is approximately 38 cm long.

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