Red-legged tinamou
| Red-legged tinamou | |
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| Illustration by Keulemans, 1895 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Tinamiformes |
| Family: | Tinamidae |
| Subfamily: | Tinaminae |
| Genus: | Crypturellus |
| Species: | C. erythropus |
| Binomial name | |
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Crypturellus erythropus (Pelzeln, 1863) |
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| Sub-species | |
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C. e. erythropus (Pelzeln, 1863) |
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| Synonyms | |
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C. e. erythropus (Pelzeln, 1863)
C. e. cursitans
(Wetmore & Phelps, 1956)
C. e. spencei
(Brabourne & Chubb, 1914)
C. e. margaritae
(Phelps & Phelps, 1948)
C. e. saltuarius
(Wetmore, 1950)
Magdalena Tinamou
C. e. columbianus
(Salvadori, 1895)
Colombian Tinamou
C. e. idoneus (Todd, 1919)
Santa Marta Tinamou
The red-legged tinamou or red-footed tinamou,Crypturellus erythropus, is a ground-dwelling bird found in the tropics and lower subtropics of northern South America.
The red-legged tinamou is superficially similar to a quail to which it is not related as it, along with other tinamous, belongs in the Paleognathae. Its total length is 27 to 32 cm (11–13 in). Its brownish upper parts and grey chest contrasts clearly with the buff belly. The back and wings are barred, but this is faint (often barely visible) in the males. Additionally, the amount of barring to the upperparts varies among the subspecies. It is the only tinamou in its range with rosy-red legs.
As other tinamous, it is recorded infrequently, except by its whistling voice. It has been recorded feeding on seeds, berries, snails, and insects. Little is known about its breeding behavior, but the glossy eggs are pale greyish-lavender with a variable amount of pink suffusion.
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