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Highland Tinamou

Nothocercus bonapartei

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernFruitForestScrapeLarge · 763 g
Highland Tinamou (Nothocercus bonapartei), photo 1
Photo: Roger A. Morales-Flores · CC BY 4.0
Highland Tinamou (Nothocercus bonapartei), photo 2
Photo: Roger A. Morales-Flores · CC BY 4.0
Highland Tinamou (Nothocercus bonapartei), photo 3
Photo: tomas_kay · CC BY 4.0
Highland Tinamou (Nothocercus bonapartei), photo 4
Photo: Sergio Garrido Villa · CC BY 4.0
Highland Tinamou (Nothocercus bonapartei), photo 5
Photo: Sergio Garrido Villa · CC BY 4.0
Highland Tinamou (Nothocercus bonapartei), photo 6
Photo: Bale & Danielsson; Bannwarth, Th.; Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company; Godman, Frederick Du Cane; Hanhart; Horman-Fisher, Maud; Knight, H.; Mintern Bros.; Purkiss, W.; Salvin, Osbert; Saunders, G. S.; Schlereth, M. v.; Sharp, M. A.; Taylor & Francis; Wilson, Edwin · Public domain
Highland Tinamou (Nothocercus bonapartei), photo 7
Photo: Sergio Garrido Villa · CC0
Highland Tinamou (Nothocercus bonapartei), photo 8
Photo: Sergio Garrido Villa · CC0
Highland Tinamou (Nothocercus bonapartei), photo 9
Photo: Roger A. Morales-Flores · CC BY 4.0
Highland Tinamou (Nothocercus bonapartei), photo 10
Photo: (c) Roger A. Morales-Flores, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

What the Highland Tinamou sounds like

Sonogram of the Highland Tinamou: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Oliver Komar · Song · Pipeline Trail, Los Naranjos, Boquete District, Chiriquí Province, Panama · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

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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When to see the Highland Tinamou

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Highland Tinamou

Regular range

The map shades 6 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Costa Rica Colombia Panama Venezuela Ecuador Peru

About the Highland Tinamou

The highland tinamou or Bonaparte's tinamou is a type of ground bird found in montane moist forest typically over 1,500 m (4,900 ft) altitude.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Tawny-breasted Tinamou (Nothocercus julius) Tawny-breasted TinamouNothocercus juliusThe tawny-breasted tinamou has brown upperparts barred with black, and its wings have buff spots. Hooded Tinamou (Nothocercus nigrocapillus) Hooded TinamouNothocercus nigrocapillusHooded tinamou is light brown above and narrowly freckled with black in color.

Side by side: Highland Tinamou vs Tawny-breasted Tinamou

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