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The undulated tinamou is about 28–30 cm (11.0–11.8 in) in length, and weighs around 300 g (0.66 lb). Depending on subspecies, it is overall brownish tinged grey to various extents, and has a strong, black, barred to faint vermiculated pattern on the back and neck (for example, while C. u. undulatus is relatively rich brown and strongly barred, C. u. yapura is darker, more grey-tinged, and only has faint vermiculations). It has a whitish throat, and the remainders of its underparts are olive-grey to buff with dark vermiculation on its lower flanks and vent.
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When to see the Undulated Tinamou
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is September, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Undulated Tinamou
The map shades 9 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in French Guiana.
About the Undulated Tinamou
The undulated tinamou is a species of ground bird found in a wide range of wooded habitats in eastern and northern South America.
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Easily confused with
Brown TinamouCrypturellus obsoletusThe brown tinamou is approximately 25 to 30 cm (9.8–11.8 in) in length and it weighs about 350 to 550 g (12–19 oz).
Cinereous TinamouCrypturellus cinereusThe cinereous tinamou is a shy and secretive bird.
Thicket TinamouCrypturellus cinnamomeusThe thicket tinamou is 27 to 29 cm (11–11 in) in length and weighs 440 g (16 oz).
Side by side: Little Tinamou vs Undulated Tinamou · Brown Tinamou vs Undulated Tinamou · Cinereous Tinamou vs Undulated Tinamou · Thicket Tinamou vs Undulated Tinamou
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