Highland Tinamou vs Tawny-breasted Tinamou: How to Tell Them Apart

Highland Tinamou

Nothocercus bonapartei

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The highland tinamou averages 38.5 cm (15.2 in) long, and weighs 925 g (2.039 lb). Its plumage is mottled or barred with black and cinnamon on back and wings with a rufous throat.

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Recorded by Oliver Komar · Song · Pipeline Trail, Los Naranjos, Boquete District, Chiriquí Province, Panama · CC BY-SA 4.0

Photo: Roger A. Morales-Flores · CC BY 4.0

The tawny-breasted tinamou has brown upperparts barred with black, and its wings have buff spots. Below its bright chestnut head, it has a white throat. Its breast and flanks are olivaceous brown, while the rest of its underparts are bright rufous. This tinamou measures 35.5–38 cm (14.0–15.0 in) in length.

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Photo: (c) Francisco Sánchez Karste, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY 4.0

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