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- Tinamou abstract "Tinamous form an order (Tinamiformes) comprising a single family, with two distinct subfamilies, containing 47 species of birds found in Mexico, Central America, and South America. The word "tinamou" comes from the Galibi term for these birds, tinamu. One of the most ancient living groups of bird, they are most closely related to the flightless ratites and first appear in the fossil record in the Miocene epoch. They are generally sedentary, ground dwelling and, though not flightless, when possible avoid flight in favour of hiding or running away from danger. They are found in a variety of habitats, ranging from semi-arid alpine grasslands to tropical rainforests. The two subfamilies are broadly divided by habitat, with the Nothurinae referred to as steppe or open country tinamous, and the Tinaminae known as forest tinamous.Although some species are quite common, tinamous are shy and secretive birds. They are active during the day, retiring to roosts at night. They generally have cryptic plumage, with males and females similar in appearance, though the females are usually larger. They are opportunistic and omnivorous feeders, consuming a wide variety of plant and animal food from fruits and seeds to worms, insects and small vertebrates. They will dust-bathe as well as washing themselves by standing in heavy rain. They are heard more often than seen, communicating with each other by a variety of frequently given, characteristic calls, especially during the breeding season.With occasional exceptions, a male tinamou maintains a territory and a nesting site during the breeding season which a succession of females will visit, laying their eggs in the same nest. Females will wander through several territories mating with, and laying eggs in the nests of, the resident males. Nests are always on the ground, concealed in vegetation or among rocks. Eggs are relatively large and glossy, often brightly colored when laid, and are incubated by the males for a period of 2–3 weeks. The chicks can run soon after hatching and are largely self-sufficient at three weeks old.Tinamous and their eggs have many natural predators, from falcons and vampire bats to jaguars and giant anteaters. They have also been extensively hunted by humans and sometimes persecuted as agricultural pests. However, the main threat to their populations is from habitat destruction through land clearing and agricultural development. Seven species are listed as vulnerable and another seven as near threatened. They feature in the mythology of the indigenous peoples of their range. Often translocated and easily bred in captivity, they have never been successfully domesticated.".
- Tinamou thumbnail Stavenn_Eudromia_elegans_00.jpg?width=300.
- Tinamou wikiPageExternalLink Tinamiformes.
- Tinamou wikiPageExternalLink ecology.htm.
- Tinamou wikiPageExternalLink tinamous-tinamidae.
- Tinamou wikiPageExternalLink 90.full.
- Tinamou wikiPageExternalLink 15838.
- Tinamou wikiPageExternalLink Late_Miocene_continental_birds_from_the_Cerro_Azul_Formation_in_the_Pampean_region_central-southern_Argentina_.
- Tinamou wikiPageExternalLink sowbsearchresults.php?a=ns&SearchTerms=tinamidae.
- Tinamou wikiPageExternalLink ON%2015%20%28Suppl%29%20293-300.pdf.
- Tinamou wikiPageExternalLink 2012_2_RL_Stats_Table_4a.pdf.
- Tinamou wikiPageExternalLink SACCprop209-211.htm.
- Tinamou wikiPageExternalLink CS502.pdf.
- Tinamou wikiPageExternalLink Chandler_2012_A_New_Species_of_Tinamou_from_the_Early_Middle_Miocene_of_Argentina_TERQUA_Proceedings_2011_PJVP_9_2.pdf.
- Tinamou wikiPageExternalLink 13462.
- Tinamou wikiPageExternalLink 51315.htm.
- Tinamou wikiPageExternalLink Jaramillos%20et%20al%2008%20Chilean%20Ornitho%20Bull.pdf.
- Tinamou wikiPageExternalLink browse.php?query=TINAMIDAE.
- Tinamou wikiPageID "207906".
- Tinamou wikiPageRevisionID "605696112".
- Tinamou align "right".
- Tinamou alt "Eggs with glossy, blue-green shells".
- Tinamou alt "Eggs with glossy, dark purple-brown shells".
- Tinamou assessors "Butchart, S. & Symes, A.".
- Tinamou authority "G. R. Gray, 1840".
- Tinamou caption "...and of the Spotted Nothura".
- Tinamou caption "Eggs of the White-throated Tinamou...".
- Tinamou direction "vertical".
- Tinamou diversity "2".
- Tinamou diversityLink "List of Tinamidae species".
- Tinamou downloaded "9".
- Tinamou filename "Nothoprocta pentlandii - Andean Tinamou - XC112727.ogg".
- Tinamou filename "Nothoprocta pentlandii - Andean Tinamou - XC112728.ogg".
- Tinamou fossilRange "Miocene – Recent".
- Tinamou hasPhotoCollection Tinamou.
- Tinamou header "Egg colors".
- Tinamou id "100060053".
- Tinamou id "100060055".
- Tinamou image "Nothura maculosa eggs.JPG".
- Tinamou image "Tinamus guttatus eggs.JPG".
- Tinamou imageCaption Elegant_Crested_Tinamou.
- Tinamou imageWidth "250".
- Tinamou name "Tinamou".
- Tinamou parentAuthority "Huxley, 1872".
- Tinamou rangeMap "Tinamidi Distribuzione.jpg".
- Tinamou rangeMapWidth "250".
- Tinamou ref "harv".
- Tinamou subdivision "* Nothurinae * Tinaminae".
- Tinamou subdivisionRanks "Subfamilies".
- Tinamou synonyms "* Crypturidae (Bonaparte, 1831) * Tinamotidae (Bonaparte, 1854) * Eudromiidae (Bonaparte, 1854) * Rhynchotidae (von Boetticher, 1934)".
- Tinamou taxon "Tinamidae".
- Tinamou title "Andean Tinamou".
- Tinamou title "Nothura minor".
- Tinamou title "Taoniscus nanus".
- Tinamou typeSpecies "Tetrao major".
- Tinamou typeSpeciesAuthority "Gmelin, 1789".
- Tinamou year "2008".
- Tinamou subject Category:Bird_families.
- Tinamou subject Category:Birds_of_South_America.
- Tinamou subject Category:Higher-level_bird_taxa_restricted_to_the_Neotropics.
- Tinamou subject Category:Tinamiformes.
- Tinamou subject Category:Tinamous.
- Tinamou type Animal.
- Tinamou type BiologicalLivingObject.
- Tinamou type Bird.
- Tinamou type EukaryoticCell.
- Tinamou comment "Tinamous form an order (Tinamiformes) comprising a single family, with two distinct subfamilies, containing 47 species of birds found in Mexico, Central America, and South America. The word "tinamou" comes from the Galibi term for these birds, tinamu. One of the most ancient living groups of bird, they are most closely related to the flightless ratites and first appear in the fossil record in the Miocene epoch.".
- Tinamou label "Kusacze".
- Tinamou label "Steißhühner".
- Tinamou label "Tinamidae".
- Tinamou label "Tinamidae".
- Tinamou label "Tinamiformes".
- Tinamou label "Tinamiformes".
- Tinamou label "Tinamoes".
- Tinamou label "Tinamou".
- Tinamou label "Тинаму".
- Tinamou label "تناميات".
- Tinamou label "シギダチョウ科".
- Tinamou label "䳍形目".
- Tinamou sameAs Tinamy.
- Tinamou sameAs Steißhühner.
- Tinamou sameAs Tinamidae.
- Tinamou sameAs Tinamidae.
- Tinamou sameAs Tinamiformes.
- Tinamou sameAs Tinamus.
- Tinamou sameAs Tinamidae.
- Tinamou sameAs シギダチョウ科.
- Tinamou sameAs 도요타조.
- Tinamou sameAs Tinamoes.
- Tinamou sameAs Kusacze.
- Tinamou sameAs Tinamiformes.
- Tinamou sameAs m.01dj9_.
- Tinamou sameAs Q19172.
- Tinamou sameAs Q19172.
- Tinamou wasDerivedFrom Tinamou?oldid=605696112.
- Tinamou depiction Stavenn_Eudromia_elegans_00.jpg.
- Tinamou isPrimaryTopicOf Tinamou.