TINAMOUS   -   TINAMIDAE

Solitary Tinamou Tinamus solitarius Parque Estadual Intervales, São Paulo state, Brazil. This has got to be one of the hardest families to photograph; this is the only species I've managed to get a decent photo of. It was walking around in the open in the middle of a dirt road going through some nice Atlantic Rainforest. (D2)

Great Tinamou Tinamus major peruvianus Yasuní Research Station, Orellana province, Ecudaor. We found this bird roosting about 20 feet over the trail at about 8:00pm. (S6f)

Ornate Tinamou Nothoprocta ornata rostrata El Infiernillo, Tucumán province, Argentina. Finally! A good tinamou photo. This species is however one of the easiest of the family to see. They live in sparse puna habitat in the Andes from northern Peru through Argentina. (S5)

Chilean Tinamou Nothoprocta perdicaria Nahuelbuta National Park, Region IX, Chile. Endemic to Chile, where it likes fairly open fields with dense cover nearby. (S5)

Curve-billed Tinamou Nothoprocta curvirostris curvirostris Yanacocha, Pichincha province, Ecuador. Restricted to the high Andes of Ecuador and Peru, where it is quite local. The entrance road to Yanacocha is by far the most reliable place I know for this bird, where it is often on the roadsides or in fields in the morning. (S5)

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