Tataupá Tinamou

About the Tataupá Tinamou

The Tataupa tinamou (Crypturellus tataupa) is a type of tinamou commonly found in dry forest in subtropical and tropical regions in southeastern South America. Crypturellus is formed from three Latin or Greek words: kruptos meaning covered or hidden, oura meaning tail, and ellus meaning diminutive. Therefore, Crypturellus means small hidden tail.

Tataupa is a Guarani term, referring to the bird's ashy-colored plumage. All tinamou are from the family Tinamidae, and in the larger scheme are also ratites. Unlike other ratites, tinamous can fly, although in general, they are not strong fliers. All ratites evolved from prehistoric flying birds, and tinamous are the closest living relative of these birds.

The Tataupa tinamou has four subspecies as follows: C. t. tataupa Nominate race, occurs in eastern Bolivia, southern Brazil, northern Argentina, and Paraguay. C. t. inops occurs in northwestern Peru in the Marañón Valley,. and also extreme southern Ecuador

C. t. peruvianus occurs in west central Peru in the Chanchamayo Valley of Junín Region. C. t. lepidotus occurs in northeastern Brazil; Bahia, Ceará, Piauí, Pernambuco, and Maranhão States... Wikipedia →