tinamou

Borrowed from French tinamou, from Kari'na inamu (“great tinamou”).

Any of the birds belonging to the South American family Tinamidae, the only family in the order Tinamiformes. They are related to the ratites, together with which they form the superorder Paleognathae.


white-throated tinamou

en-noun

white-throated tinamou (plural white-throated tinamous)

Tinamus guttatus
Tinamus guttatus#Translingual


solitary tinamou

solitary tinamou (plural solitary tinamous)

Tinamus solitarius
Tinamus solitarius#Translingual


black tinamou

Tinamus osgoodi
Tinamus osgoodi#Translingual


great tinamou

Tinamus major
Tinamus major#Translingual


highland tinamou

highland tinamou (plural highland tinamous)

Nothocercus bonapartei
Nothocercus bonapartei#Translingual


tawny-breasted tinamou

tawny-breasted tinamou (plural tawny-breasted tinamous)

Nothocercus julius
Nothocercus julius#Translingual


hooded tinamou

Nothocercus nigrocapillus
Nothocercus nigrocapillus#Translingual


Berlepsch's tinamou

Berlepsch's tinamou (plural Berlepsch's tinamous)

Named to commemorate German ornithologist and collector Hans von Berlepsch.

Crypturellus berlepschi
Crypturellus berlepschi#Translingual


little tinamou

Crypturellus soui
Crypturellus soui#Translingual


cinereous tinamou

cinereous tinamou (plural cinereous tinamous)

Crypturellus cinereus
Crypturellus cinereus#Translingual


Tepui tinamou

Crypturellus ptaritepui
Crypturellus ptaritepui#Translingual


brown tinamou

Crypturellus obsoletus
Crypturellus obsoletus#Translingual


undulated tinamou

undulated tinamou (plural undulated tinamous)

Crypturellus undulatus
Crypturellus undulatus#Translingual


pale-browed tinamou

pale-browed tinamou (plural pale-browed tinamous)


Brazilian tinamou

Brazilian tinamou (plural Brazilian tinamous)

Crypturellus strigulosus
Crypturellus strigulosus#Translingual


grey-legged tinamou

grey-legged tinamou (plural grey-legged tinamous)

Crypturellus duidae
Crypturellus duidae#Translingual


red-legged tinamou

red-legged tinamou (plural red-legged tinamous)

Crypturellus erythropus
Crypturellus erythropus#Translingual


yellow-legged tinamou

yellow-legged tinamou (plural yellow-legged tinamous)

Crypturellus noctivagus
Crypturellus noctivagus#Translingual


black-capped tinamou

black-capped tinamou (plural black-capped tinamous)

Crypturellus atrocapillus
Crypturellus atrocapillus#Translingual


thicket tinamou

thicket tinamou (plural thicket tinamous)

Crypturellus cinnamomeus
Crypturellus cinnamomeus#Translingual


slaty-breasted tinamou

slaty-breasted tinamou (plural slaty-breasted tinamous)

Crypturellus boucardi
Crypturellus boucardi#Translingual


Choco tinamou

Crypturellus kerriae
Crypturellus kerriae#Translingual


variegated tinamou

variegated tinamou (plural variegated tinamous)

Crypturellus variegatus
Crypturellus variegatus#Translingual


rusty tinamou

Crypturellus brevirostris
Crypturellus brevirostris#Translingual


Bartlett's tinamou

Bartlett's tinamou (plural Bartlett's tinamous)

Crypturellus bartletti
Crypturellus bartletti#Translingual


small-billed tinamou

small-billed tinamou (plural small-billed tinamous)

Crypturellus parvirostris
Crypturellus parvirostris#Translingual


barred tinamou

Crypturellus casiquiare
Crypturellus casiquiare#Translingual


Tataupa tinamou

Tataupa tinamou (plural Tataupa tinamous)

Crypturellus tataupa
Crypturellus tataupa#Translingual


red-winged tinamou

red-winged tinamou (plural red-winged tinamous)

Rhynchotus rufescens
Rhynchotus rufescens#Translingual


Huayco tinamou

Rhynchotus maculicollis
Rhynchotus maculicollis#Translingual


Taczanowski's tinamou

Taczanowski's tinamou (plural Taczanowski's tinamous)

Nothoprocta taczanowskii
Nothoprocta taczanowskii#Translingual

Taczanowski's Tinamou
Władysław Taczanowski


ornate tinamou

Nothoprocta ornata
Nothoprocta ornata#Translingual


Chilean tinamou

Chilean tinamou (plural Chilean tinamous)

Nothoprocta perdicaria
Nothoprocta perdicaria#Translingual


brushland tinamou

brushland tinamou (plural brushland tinamous)

Nothoprocta cinerascens
Nothoprocta cinerascens#Translingual


Andean tinamou

Nothoprocta pentlandii
Nothoprocta pentlandii#Translingual


curve-billed tinamou

curve-billed tinamou (plural curve-billed tinamous)

Nothoprocta curvirostris
Nothoprocta curvirostris#Translingual


white-bellied nothura

white-bellied nothura (plural white-bellied nothuras)

Nothura boraquira
Nothura boraquira#Translingual


lesser nothura

Nothura minor
Nothura minor#Translingual


Darwin's nothura

Darwin's nothura (plural Darwin's nothuras)

Named for Charles Darwin, with the genus name Nothura.

Nothura darwinii
Nothura darwinii#Translingual


spotted nothura

spotted nothura (plural spotted nothuras)

Nothura maculosa
Nothura maculosa#Translingual


Chaco nothura

Nothura chacoensis
Nothura chacoensis#Translingual


dwarf tinamou

Taoniscus nanus
Taoniscus nanus#Translingual

A tinamou, Taoniscus nanus, also known as the least tinamou.


elegant crested tinamou

elegant crested tinamou (plural elegant crested tinamous)

Eudromia elegans
Eudromia elegans#Translingual


Quebracho crested tinamou

Quebracho crested tinamou (plural Quebracho crested tinamous)

Eudromia formosa
Eudromia formosa#Translingual


puna tinamou

Tinamotis pentlandii
Tinamotis pentlandii#Translingual

A tinamou of species Tinamotis pentlandii.


Patagonian tinamou

Patagonian tinamou (plural Patagonian tinamous)

Tinamotis ingoufi
Tinamotis ingoufi#Translingual


ynambu

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese inambu, inhambu, from Tupian inambú.

Rhynchotus rufescens
Rhynchotus rufescens#Translingual

A bird of South America, Rhynchotus rufescens, the red-winged tinamou.


nothura

Any member of the genus Nothura of birds in the tinamou family.


tataupa

Psophia and palamedea species also aid in feeding these Indians, as likewise tataupas, ypacahas, yahamis, mbatuitis, and chloritos forms. They eat nearly every feathered creature, however, from a gull upward, deriving great advantages ...

1901, “United States of Brazil: A geographical sketch”, in Bureau of the American Republics, Washington, D.C., page 52:

In the case of the Tataupas bred in 1904, no less than fourteen young birds were reared in the one season from a single female and two males. When male No. 1 commenced to incubate his batch of four pink eggs, the female was transferred ...

1921, The Avicultural Magazine, page 89:

Crypturellus tataupa
Crypturellus tataupa#Translingual

A South American tinamou (Crypturellus tataupa).


tinamid

(zoology) Any member of the avian family Tinamidae of tinamous.