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TATAUPA TINAMOU Crypturellus tataupa
One of the commoner small tinamous in Paraguay, the handsome Tataupa is, like most of relatives, easier to hear than he is to see! He uses a wide range of forested habitats, and he isnt fussy whether it is humid or dry - you´re as likely to bump into him in the Chaco as you are in the Atlantic forest. Take care with his identification though! The Small-billed Tinamous is very similar. If you get a good enough look check out its legs - if they are bright red its Small-billed, dull purple and its Tataupa!
FIGURE 1 - Adult, Paragro, near Bahía Negra, Departamento Alto Paraguay (Hugo del Castillo August 2007).
FIGURE 2 - Adult on nest, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith February 2008 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
FIGURE 3 - Same nest with sitting adult (Alberto Esquivel March 2008 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
FIGURE 4 - Same nest, incubating adult in cryptic pose (David Gill February 2008 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
FIGURE 5 - Same nest with 5 eggs (Paul Smith February 2008 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
FIGURE 6 - Same nest, eggs left covered when sitting bird departs (Paul Smith March 2008 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
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Crypturellus tataupa short call recorded PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith March 2007).
Click the link to hear the call. Longer versions of this call can be downloaded from the Paraguay page of our partner website Xeno-Canto - the largest collection of freely downloadable Neotropical bird calls available online.