Tinamous (Tinamidae)

Berlepsch's Tinamou (Crypturellus berlepschi) - HBW 1, p. 128

French: Tinamou de Berlepsch German: Berlepschtinamu Spanish: Tinamú Tizón

Taxonomy: Crypturus berlepschi Rothschild, 1897, Esmeraldas, Ecuador.
Until recently considered race of C. cinereus, but now separated on grounds of ratio of toe and tarsus lengths, longer, heavier bill and conspicuous plumage differences. Monotypic.

Distribution: NW Colombia to NW Ecuador.