How do you identify a Taczanowski's Tinamou?

Taczanowski's tinamou is a dark, and finely-marked tinamou. Full identification notes are on this page.

How big is a Taczanowski's Tinamou?

The Taczanowski's Tinamou is a large sized bird weighing about 475 g.

Where can you see a Taczanowski's Tinamou?

The Taczanowski's Tinamou occurs in 2 countries, including Peru.

What birds look similar to a Taczanowski's Tinamou?

The Taczanowski's Tinamou is most easily confused with the Curve-billed Tinamou, the Ornate Tinamou and the Andean Tinamou.

Is the Taczanowski's Tinamou endangered?

The Taczanowski's Tinamou is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.

Taczanowski's Tinamou

Nothoprocta taczanowskii

Tinamous · Tinamiformes · Legendary

The Taczanowski's Tinamou (Nothoprocta taczanowskii) is a legendary tinamou found in 2 countries, weighing about 475 g. Taczanowski's tinamou is a type of ground bird found in the eastern Andes in Peru in the Junín, Cuzco, Apurímac, Ayacucho, and Puno Regions.

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About the Taczanowski's Tinamou

Taczanowski's tinamou is a type of ground bird found in the eastern Andes in Peru in the Junín, Cuzco, Apurímac, Ayacucho, and Puno Regions.

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How to identify it

Taczanowski's tinamou is a dark, and finely-marked tinamou. Its head and neck are grey with blackish crown and face markings with a pale greyish buff throat. Its upper parts are dusky with thin, buff stripes and inconspicuous brown barring with black and buff mottling on its wing-coverts. It has tawny flight feathers, barred blackish. Its breast is grey with buffy spots bordered black. The rest of its under parts are buff, barred dusky with a long, blackish, curved bill. The young are generally richer in brown color. The average size of this tinamou is 36 cm (14 in).

Where it lives

Peru

Recorded as a rare visitor in Bolivia.

When to see it

Best months: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, September, October, November, December, with peak activity in January. It is a resident species across most of its range.

Easily confused with

Quick questions

How do you identify a Taczanowski's Tinamou?: Taczanowski's tinamou is a dark, and finely-marked tinamou. Full identification notes are on this page.
How big is a Taczanowski's Tinamou?: The Taczanowski's Tinamou is a large sized bird weighing about 475 g.
Where can you see a Taczanowski's Tinamou?: The Taczanowski's Tinamou occurs in 2 countries, including Peru.
What birds look similar to a Taczanowski's Tinamou?: The Taczanowski's Tinamou is most easily confused with the Curve-billed Tinamou, the Ornate Tinamou and the Andean Tinamou.
Is the Taczanowski's Tinamou endangered?: The Taczanowski's Tinamou is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.

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