Huayco Tinamou

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Huayco Tinamou
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Tinamiformes
Family: Tinamidae
Genus: Rhynchotus
Species: R. maculicollis
Binomial name
Rhynchotus maculicollis
(G. R. Gray, 1867)

The Huayco Tinamou (Rhynchotus maculicollis) is a type of Tinamou found on grassy mountain ridges from 1000 m to 3300 m altitude. This species is native to Bolivia and Argentina with an estimated global extent of occurrence of 114,000 kmĀ². The status of this species is evaluated as Least Concern by BirdLife International. Previously, it was considered a subspecies of the Red-winged Tinamou, but its head and neck are streaked and spotted black, and it has a different song.

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