Species factsheet

Great Tinamou (Tinamus major)

Order: Tinamus major
Family: Tinamous (Tinamidae)

Danish name: Stor Tinamu

Voices can be found here (External link)

Subspecies and Distribution

robustus

se Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras

percautus

s Mexico, n Guatemala, Belize

fuscipennis

n Nicaragua to w Panama

brunneiventris

sc Panama

castaneiceps

sw Costa Rica, w Panama

saturatus

e Panama, nw Colombia

zuliensis

ne Colombia, n Venezuela

latifrons

sw Colombia, w Ecuador

major

e Venezuela to ne Brazil

serratus

nw Brazil

olivascens

Amazonian Brazil

peruvianus

se Colombia to Bolivia and w Brazil

Photos

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