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What the Variegated Tinamou sounds like
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The variegated tinamou is approximately 29.5 to 33 cm (11.6–13.0 in) in length. Its upper back is rufous, and its lower back and wings are black with conspicuous yellowish bands. Its throat is white, and its neck and upper breast are bright rufous, with buff lower breast and belly. Also, its flanks are tinged with cinnamon and dusky light barring. Its crown and sides of head are black with a yellow bill, and greenish to yellowish-brown legs.
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When to see the Variegated Tinamou
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Variegated Tinamou
The map shades 9 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Variegated Tinamou
The variegated tinamou is a type of tinamou commonly found in moist forest lowlands in subtropical and tropical regions of northern South America.
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Easily confused with
Slaty-breasted TinamouCrypturellus boucardiThe slaty-breasted tinamou averages 27 cm (11 in) in length, and weighs about 470 g (1.04 lb).
Pale-browed TinamouCrypturellus transfasciatusThe pale-browed tinamou is approximately 28 cm (11 in) in length.
Yellow-legged TinamouCrypturellus noctivagusThe yellow-legged tinamou is approximately 28 to 31 cm (11.0–12.2 in) in length.
Side by side: Slaty-breasted Tinamou vs Variegated Tinamou · Pale-browed Tinamou vs Variegated Tinamou
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