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Yellow-legged tinamou

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The yellow-legged tinamou is approximately 28 to 31 cm (11.0–12.2 in) in length. Its upperparts are grey, its lower back and wings are barred black, its neck and upper breast are greyish, its lower breast is rufous and its belly is whitish. It has a blackish cap and a buffy
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Like other tinamous, the yellow-legged tinamou eats fruit off the ground or low-lying bushes. They also eat small amounts of
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and hunting pressure. Overall, although its numbers are decreasing they are not critical and therefore listed as
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Latin Names Explained. A Guide to the Scientific Classifications of Reptiles, Birds & Mammals
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also occurs in drier wooded habitats, such as savanna-woodland and
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occurs in northeastern Brazil: Northern Minas Gerais and Bahia to
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Davies, S.J.J.F. (2003). "Tinamous". In Hutchins, Michael (ed.).
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The yellow-legged tinamou suffers from widespread and continuing
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Observadores de Aves de Pernambuco (10 August 2005).
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(15 February 2010). 691:Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia 25: 650:Brands, Sheila (14 August 2008). 320:This species has two subspecies: 91: 630:BirdLife International (2008). 584:Mata, Erize & Rumboll, 2006 490:BirdLife International (2016). 1261:Patagonian or Ingouf's tinamou 1: 607:BirdLife International (2008) 1617:Birds of the Atlantic Forest 296:-like bird has a grey-brown 1638: 1256:Puna or Pentland's tinamou 811:BirdLife Species Factsheet 593:Davies, S. J. J. F. 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Index

Crypturellus noctivagus

Conservation status
Near Threatened
IUCN 3.1
Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Palaeognathae
Tinamiformes
Tinamidae
Crypturellus
Binomial name
Wied
Wied-Neuwied
Spix

tinamou
shrubby
subtropical
Brazil
quail
plumage
subspecies
Near Threatened
IUCN
Brazil

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