Quebracho Crested Tinamou (Eudromia formosa) | Photos and ID

LCLeast ConcernOmnivore

WoodlandScrapeLarge · 773 g

Quebracho Crested Tinamou (Eudromia formosa), photo 1 — Photo: Hugo Hulsberg · CC0

Quebracho Crested Tinamou (Eudromia formosa), photo 2 — Photo: Hugo Hulsberg · CC0

Quebracho Crested Tinamou (Eudromia formosa), photo 3 — Photo: Rob Foster · CC BY 4.0

Quebracho Crested Tinamou (Eudromia formosa), photo 4 — Photo: Rob Foster · CC BY 4.0

Quebracho Crested Tinamou (Eudromia formosa), photo 5 — Photo: Hugo Hulsberg · CC0

Quebracho Crested Tinamou (Eudromia formosa), photo 6 — Photo: Hugo Hulsberg · CC0

Quebracho Crested Tinamou (Eudromia formosa), photo 7 — Photo: Hugo Hulsberg · CC0

ID tip

The quebracho crested tinamou is approximately 39 cm (15 in) in length. Its upper parts are greyish-brown to blackish with a few scattered small white spots. Its lower parts are pale buffish to whitish and heavily barred with black. Its head has a black crest that is long, thin, and straight. It has a dusky stripe behind eye, bordered above and below by white stripes.

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When to see the Quebracho Crested Tinamou

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is August, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Quebracho Crested Tinamou

Regular range

The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Argentina Paraguay Bolivia

About the Quebracho Crested Tinamou

The quebracho crested tinamou is a species of tinamou found in dry forest habitats in Paraguay and northern Argentina in South America.

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Easily confused with

Elegant Crested TinamouEudromia elegansThe elegant-crested tinamou is a partridge-like shaped bird with rounded wings.

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