White-throated Tinamou

Tinamus guttatus

Near Threatened · IUCN Red List

NTNear ThreatenedFruitForestScrapeLarge · 686 g

What the White-throated Tinamou sounds like

Sonogram of the White-throated Tinamou: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Napo: Napo Galeras, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

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The white-throated tinamou has chestnut-brown upperparts with blackish streaking on lower back and small yellowish-white spots. It has paler underparts with wider, dark barring on flanks. It has a grey head and neck, with a white throat, brown eye, and brown bill. These birds measure between 32 and 36 cm (13 and 14 in) in length.

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When to see the White-throated Tinamou

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

Where to see the White-throated Tinamou

Regular range

The map shades 6 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the White-throated Tinamou

The white-throated tinamou is a species of bird native to the Amazon rainforest of Brazil, northern Bolivia, southeastern Colombia, northeastern Ecuador, eastern Peru and southern Venezuela.

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Easily confused with

Side by side: Great Tinamou vs White-throated Tinamou · Solitary Tinamou vs White-throated Tinamou · Grey Tinamou vs White-throated Tinamou

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