Andean Tinamou vs Ornate Tinamou

Andean Tinamou

Nothoprocta pentlandii

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The Andean tinamou is approximately 27 cm (11 in) in length. Its upper parts are greyish-brown to olive brown and barred with black and white. Its breast is grey and spotted with white or buff, its belly is buff or whitish and its crown is black, the sides of its head and throat are mottled grey, and its legs are yellow.

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Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Azuay: upper Yunguilla Valley, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0

Photo: Gabriel Reinoso Franchino · CC BY 4.0

Ornate Tinamou

Nothoprocta ornata

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The ornate tinamou is approximately 32 cm (13 in) in length. Its upper parts are brownish-grey marked with black and buff, it is tawny-buff below with darker barring. Its head and neck are buff with prominent black spots, its bill is slender and curved, and its legs are either yellow or grey.

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Photo: Ron Knight from Seaford, East Sussex, United Kingdom · CC BY 2.0

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