Grey Tinamou
A species of Greater Forest Tinamous Scientific name : Tinamus tao Genus : Greater Forest Tinamous
Grey Tinamou, A species of Greater Forest Tinamous
Botanical name: Tinamus tao
Genus: Greater Forest Tinamous
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Photo By Nikolaj Mølgaard Thomsen 
Description
The gray tinamou is believed to be the largest species among the tinamous. Reported total length is from 41.5 to 49 cm (16.3 to 19.3 in) and possibly as much as 53 cm (21 in). In body mass, males may scale from 1,325 to 1,863 g (2.921 to 4.107 lb), averaging 1,565 g (3.450 lb), and females can weigh from 1,430 to 2,080 g (3.15 to 4.59 lb), averaging 1,636 g (3.607 lb) and possibly weighing as much as 2,300 g (5.1 lb). As suggested by its name, it is mostly grey. The back and head are barred blackish, and its vent is cinnamon. White spotting extends along the head and down the neck. 
Size
49 cm
Nest Placement
Ground
Feeding Habits
Grey Tinamou's diet is varied, primarily consisting of fruit, supplemented with seeds, insects, mollusks, and occasional small vertebrates. Its foraging behavior includes ground feeding and unique dietary preferences unique to its species.
Habitat
The grey Tinamou is typically found across the lush, tropical and subtropical rainforests, including both sprawling primary forests and dense secondary growths. It also inhabits the mist-shrouded cloudforests and the gallery forests nestled within savanna ecosystems. The species favors the forest floor of terra firme forests and occasionally occupies the várzea floodplain forests.
Dite type
Omnivorous
General Info
Feeding Habits
Bird food type
Behavior
Like other tinamous, the male incubates the eggs on the nest that is located in heavy brush on the ground. After incubation, the male will also raise them for the short period of time until they are ready. They eat fruit and seeds from the ground and bushes that are low to the ground.
Distribution Area
The grey tinamou is found throughout western and northern Brazil, eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru, Colombia east of the Andes, northern Venezuela, northern Bolivia, and Guyana. In most of its range it is essentially restricted to humid lowland forests, but in the northern and far western parts of its range it mainly occurs in montane forests. This tinamou has shown the ability to utilize forests that have been cleared by logging. As most other tinamous, its song is commonly heard, but it is shy and only infrequently seen.
Species Status
This species was previously considered by the IUCN to be a Least Concern status, and has a range occurrence of 3,600,000 km (1,400,000 sq mi) In 2012 it was uplisted to vulnerable.
Photo By Nikolaj Mølgaard Thomsen 
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Tinamous Family
Tinamous Genus
Greater Forest Tinamous Species
Grey Tinamou 
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