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Yellow-legged Tinamou
Hector Bottai, CC BY-SA 4.0, via iNaturalist

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Yellow-legged Tinamou

Crypturellus noctivagus (zu Wied-Neuwied, 1820)

NT Near Threatened

Names

EnglishYellow-legged Tinamou
DutchGeelpoottinamoe
SpanishTinamú patigualdo
Chinese黄腿穴䳍
Scientific nameCrypturellus noctivagus (zu Wied-Neuwied, 1820)

About this species

The yellow-legged tinamou (Crypturellus noctivagus) is a species of tinamou found in wooded and shrubby habitats in tropical and subtropical eastern Brazil. This superficially quail-like bird has a grey-brown plumage and two easily separated subspecies. It has declined due to human activities, and is therefore listed as Near Threatened by the IUCN.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderTinamiformes
FamilyTinamidae
GenusCrypturellus

In Suriname

3Records in Suriname
1952First record

Where it has been recorded

  • Brokopondo1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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