Great Tinamou (Tinamus major) | Photos, Calls and ID

LCLeast ConcernOmnivore

ForestScrapeLarge · 1.0 kg

Great Tinamou (Tinamus major), photo 4 — Photo: Eric Klug · CC BY 4.0

Great Tinamou (Tinamus major), photo 5 — Photo: er-birds · CC BY 4.0

Great Tinamou (Tinamus major), photo 6 — Photo: er-birds · CC BY 4.0

What the Great Tinamou sounds like

Sonogram of the Great Tinamou: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Pichincha: Río Guaycuyacu, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Zamora-Chinchipe: 'Cabañas Yankuam' 2 km S Las Orchideas, Nangaritza Valley, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The great tinamou is a large species of tinamou, measuring in total length at approximately 38 to 46 cm (15 to 18 in), with a mean of 44 cm (17 in), and weighing from 700 to 1,142 g (1.543 to 2.518 lb) in males, with a mean of 960 g (2.12 lb), and from 945 to 1,249 g (2.083 to 2.754 lb) in females, with a mean of 1,097 g (2.418 lb). Despite its name and large size and shape, which may be suggestive of a large pheasant or a small turkey, it is not necessarily the largest species of tinamou, as it is rivaled or exceeded by other species in the Tinamus.

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When to see the Great Tinamou

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Great Tinamou

Regular range

The map shades 16 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Costa Rica Panama Belize Colombia Ecuador Peru Guatemala Brazil Mexico Honduras Guyana French Guiana Suriname Nicaragua Venezuela Bolivia

About the Great Tinamou

The great tinamou is a species of tinamou ground bird native to Central and South America. There are several subspecies, mostly differentiated by their coloration.

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Easily confused with

Solitary TinamouTinamus solitariusThe solitary tinamou is a large brownish tinamou heavily barred with black.

Grey TinamouTinamus taoThe gray tinamou is believed to be the largest species among the tinamous.

White-throated TinamouTinamus guttatusThe white-throated tinamou has chestnut-brown upperparts with blackish streaking on lower back and small yellowish-white spots.

Side by side: Great Tinamou vs Solitary Tinamou · Great Tinamou vs Grey Tinamou · Great Tinamou vs White-throated Tinamou

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