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Andean tinamou
NothoproctaPentlandiSmit.jpg
Illustration by Joseph Smit, 1895
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Genus:
Nothoprocta
Species:
pentlandii
Subspecies

N. p. pentlandii
Gray 1867
N. p. ambigua
Cory 1915
N. p. oustaleti
Berlepsch & Stolzmann 1901
N. p. niethammeri
Koepcke 1968
N. p. fulvescens
Berlepsch 1902
N. p. doeringi Cabanis 1878
N. p. mendozae
Banks & Bohl 1968

Nothoprocta pentlandii map.svg

The Andean tinamou (Nothoprocta pentlandii) is a tinamou, found commonly in high-altitude shrubland, in the Andes of South America.

Taxonomy

All tinamou are from the family Tinamidae, and in the larger scheme are also ratites. Unlike other ratites, tinamous can fly, although in general, they are not strong fliers. All ratites evolved from prehistoric flying birds, and tinamous are the closest living relative of these birds. pentlandii is the Latin form of Pentland which commemorates the Irish Traveller Joseph Barclay Pentland.

Subspecies

The Andean Tinamou has seven subspecies as follows:

Description

Andean Tinamou RWD
Andean tinamou, San Francisco Zoo

The Andean tinamou is approximately 27 cm (11 in) in length. Its upper parts are greyish-brown to olive brown and barred with black and white. Its breast is grey and spotted with white or buff, its belly is buff or whitish and its crown is black, the sides of its head and throat are mottled grey, and its legs are yellow.

Range and habitat

The Andean tinamou can be found in the Andes from southern Ecuador to central Chile, as well as in the Sierras de Córdoba in Argentina.

It prefers subtropical and tropical shrubland at 800 to 4,100 m (2,600–13,500 ft) altitude.

Conservation

The IUCN classifies the Andean tinamou as Least Concern, with an occurrence range of 550,000 km2 (210,000 sq mi).

See also

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