Pale-browed Tinamou

Crypturellus transfasciatus

Near Threatened · IUCN Red List

NTNear ThreatenedOmnivoreWoodlandScrapeMedium · 283 g

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The pale-browed tinamou is approximately 28 cm (11 in) in length. It is recognized by its greyish-brown upper coat which is finely vermiculated with black, and a white throat, with the remainder of its underparts greyish to buffy. Its flanks are barred, and it has a very brown crown, and a prominent white supercilium. Its legs are pink.

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When to see the Pale-browed Tinamou

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

Where to see the Pale-browed Tinamou

Regular range

The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Pale-browed Tinamou

The pale-browed tinamou is a type of tinamou found in tropical dry forests in Peru and Ecuador.

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Easily confused with

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