Brown Tinamou

The Brown Tinamou is a dumpy, brownish ground bird found in humid lowland and montane forest in tropical and subtropical South America.

The Brown Tinamou is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The Brown Tinamou (Crypturellus obsoletus) is a dumpy, brownish ground bird found in humid lowland and montane forest in tropical and subtropical South America. Contents - * 1 Taxonomy * 1.1 Subspecies * 2 Etymology * 2. More

Aspects of the topic brown tinamou are discussed in the following places at Britannica. Assorted References * vocalization (in tinamou (bird order): Vocalizations) ...of tinamous are among the strongest and most pleasant of any in the American tropics. More

that Brown Tinamous are in the area are their loud, rising calls, likened to a series of policeman whistles. They call most often in the early morning.FIGURE 1 - Adult PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith August 2006). FIGURE 2 - Adult PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith February). FIGURE 3 - Upperwing same individual (Paul Smith February). VIDEO - Same individual as Fig 1 (Paul Smith August 2006). More

The Brown Tinamou (Crypturellus obsoletus) is a dumpy, brownish ground bird found in humid lowland and montane forest in tropical and subtropical South America at altitude up to 2900 m (9500 ft). Subspecies Its distribution is highly disjunct with the subspecies being distributed as follows: Nominate (C. o. obsoletus) occurs in Atlantic forest in south-east Brazil, eastern Paraguay and extreme north-east Argentina. C. o. griseiventris occurs near Santarem, Brazil. C. o. More