Tinamous (Tinamidae) - HBW 1
Great Tinamou (Tinamus major)
French: Grand Tinamou
German: Großtinamu
Spanish: Tinamú Oliváceo
Taxonomy: Tetrao major Gmelin, 1789, Cayenne. Twelve subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- robustus P. L. Sclater & Salvin, 1868 - SE Mexico, E Guatemala, Honduras.
- percautus Van Tyne, 1935 - SE Mexico, N Guatemala, Belize.
- fuscipennis Salvadori, 1895 - N Nicaragua to W Panama.
- robustus P. L. Sclater & Salvin, 1868 - SE Mexico, E Guatemala, Honduras.
- percautus Van Tyne, 1935 - SE Mexico, N Guatemala, Belize.
- fuscipennis Salvadori, 1895 - N Nicaragua to W Panama.
- castaneiceps Salvadori, 1895 - SW Costa Rica, W Panama.
- brunneiventris Aldrich, 1937 - SC Panama.
- saturatus Griscom, 1929 - E Panama, NW Colombia.
- latifrons Salvadori, 1895 - SW Colombia, W Ecuador.
- zuliensis Osgood & Conover, 1922 - NE Colombia, N Venezuela.
- peruvianus Bonaparte, 1856 - SE Colombia, E Ecuador to NE Bolivia and extreme W Brazil.
- serratus (Spix, 1825) - NW Brazil.
- major (Gmelin, 1789) - E Venezuela to NE Brazil.
- olivascens Conover, 1937 - Amazonian Brazil.
- Least Concern
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A bird roosting in a tree at night, at about 4 m in height Sacha Lodge, Orellana Province, Ecuador (ssp peruvianus)
Josep del Hoyo 3 September 2007 1 year ago 43 sec 4.7 -
A bird walking through the forest La Selva Biological Station, Puerto Viejo, Sarapiquí, Heredia Province, Costa Rica (ssp fuscipennis)
Richard Garrigues 31 December 2006 2 years ago 34 sec 4.4 -
Several close-ups of a bird roosting in a tree at night, at about 4 m in height Sacha Lodge, Orellana Province, Ecuador (ssp peruvianus)
Josep del Hoyo 3 September 2007 1 year ago 44 sec 3.9
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Searching the forest floor for insects Manuel Antonio, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica
António José Gonça... 10 May 2006 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3.6 -
Great Tinamou at Jatun Sacha, Ecuador Ecuador (Monotypic species)
DusanB 19 October 2009 15 weeks ago 2.3
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