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Birdsong field guide

Chilean Tinamou

Nothoprocta perdicaria

A medium-sized, ground-dwelling bird endemic to Chile, resembling a partridge but belonging to the ancient tinamou lineage.

What it sounds like

A series of high-pitched, piercing whistles, typically a sharp 'whuit' followed by shorter notes.

Reference call, compare with what you heard

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Rec. Ignacio Escobar · ChileCC BY-NC-SA Xeno-canto

Field notes

Despite their chicken-like appearance, tinamous are more closely related to rheas and ostriches than to gamebirds.
The female typically lays high-gloss, chocolate-brown to purple eggs in a shallow ground scrape.
Males take full responsibility for incubating the eggs and brooding the precocial chicks after they hatch.
They are primarily terrestrial and prefer to run or freeze when threatened, only flying short distances as a last resort.
The species is subdivided into two subspecies: N. p. perdicaria in the north and N. p. sanborni in the south.

Habitat

Arid scrublands, Mediterranean matorral, and agricultural fields up to 2,000 meters in elevation.

Range

Endemic to central Chile, ranging from the Atacama region south to the Los Lagos region.

Similar & commonly confused birds

Andean TinamouNothoprocta pentlandii Brushland TinamouNothoprocta cinerascens Curve-billed TinamouNothoprocta curvirostris Ornate TinamouNothoprocta ornata Taczanowski's TinamouNothoprocta taczanowskii

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