Small-billed Tinamou
A species of Lesser Forest Tinamous Scientific name : Crypturellus parvirostris Genus : Lesser Forest Tinamous
Small-billed Tinamou, A species of Lesser Forest Tinamous
Botanical name: Crypturellus parvirostris
Genus: Lesser Forest Tinamous
Content
Description General Info
Photo By Don Roberson
Description
The small-billed tinamou is approximately 22 cm (8.7 in) in length. Its upperparts are dark brown, with grey to brownish under parts and head. Its bill and legs are red.
Size
32 cm
Nest Placement
Ground
Feeding Habits
Small-billed Tinamou primarily eats seeds from various plants and a significant quantity of insects, especially termites and ants. Forages on the ground, often in pairs.
Habitat
Small-billed Tinamou inhabits a variety of habitats, primarily favoring dry savannas and shrublands as well as tropical forests, including secondary growth and riverbank vegetations. This species is also found in bamboo stands, thorny bush-scrub interspersed with grassland, and occasionally adapts to agricultural areas like cotton and millet plantations. Broadly, it occupies ecological zones such as the cerrado and caatinga in Amazonian South America.
Dite type
Omnivorous
General Info
Feeding Habits
Bird food type
Behavior
Like other tinamous, the small-billed eats fruit off the ground or low-lying bushes. They also eat small amounts of invertebrates, flower buds, tender leaves, seeds, and roots. The male incubates the eggs which may come from as many as 4 different females, and then will raise them until they are ready to be on their own, usually 2–3 weeks. The nest is located on the ground in dense brush or between raised root buttresses.
Species Status
The IUCN classifies this tinamou as Least Concern, with an occurrence range of 6,700,000 km (2,600,000 sq mi).
Photo By Don Roberson
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Tinamous Family
Tinamous Genus
Lesser Forest Tinamous Species
Small-billed Tinamou