Andean Tinamou

The Andean Tinamou, Nothoprocta pentlandii, is a member of the most ancient groups of bird families, the Tinamous. The species is commonly found in high altitude shrubland, in the Andes of South America.

The Andean 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 Andean Tinamou, Nothoprocta pentlandii, is a member of the most ancient groups of bird families, the Tinamous. The species is commonly found in high altitude shrubland, in the Andes of South America. Contents - * 1 Etymology * 2 Taxonomy * 2.1 Subspecies * 2. More

The Andean Tinamou, Nothoprocta pentlandii is a member of the most ancient groups of bird families, the tinamous. The species is commonly found in high altitude shrubland habitats in subtropical and tropical regions up to 800 to 4,100 m altitude. This species is found in Andes ranges from Ecuador to northern Chile, Peru, Bolivia and Argentina in South America. The binomial name commemorates the Irish traveller Joseph Barclay Pentland (1797-1873) by George Robert Gray in 1867. More

same size as Andean Tinamou, occurs only to 3700m and is in more scrubby habitat, not in this puna landscape (stepp-like highland grassland). We continued to walk in the area where it apparently came down, but we did not manage to see it again despite an hour's search. We felt quite certain that is was Kalinowski's Tinamou we had seen, but it was very frustrating that we did not get any prolonged views of the whole bird. But Pi More

Andean tinamous do not form stable pairs for breeding. Instead, males set up a nest and breed with different females, who then lay their eggs in the nest. Up to 14 eggs can be laid in one nest. The male incubates the eggs and cares for the chicks after they hatch. The chicks are able to follow the parent only a few hours after hatching. They can feed themselves, but the parent will capture insects for them for the first few days. They probably reach maturity after one year. More

If it really is an Andean Tinamou ( I don't know much on South american birds, but I'm learning), it could be a nice contribution to the "Fieldguide: Birds of the world" group on Flickr. www.flickr.com/groups/birdguide/ There they are trying to gather pictures of all birdspecies of the world. Posted 29 months ago. More