Distribution

The distribution of Brown Tinamou is curiously disjunct. It occurs in the coastal mountains of northern Venezuela, and in the Andes of western Venezuela. Brown Tinamou also occurs along the east slope of the Andes from Colombia south to central Bolivia. The distribution extend into southwestern Amazonia; there also are (isolated?) populations in Amazonia in the region of the upper Rio Madeira and the lower Rio Tapajós. Brown Tinamou also occurs in southeastern Brazil, north to Bahia, and in eastern Paraguay and in northeastern Argentina.

The elevational distribution of Brown Tinamou in Venezuela is 1200-2200 m (Hilty 2003); 500-1100 m in Ecuador (Ridgely and Greenfield 2001a); 450 (or lower?)-2500 m in Peru (Walker et al. 2006, Schulenberg et al. 2010); and 200-3300 m in Bolivia (Hennessey et al. 2003), although the 3300 m record is exceptional, and the typical upper elevational limit in Bolivia is 2700-2800 m (Sebastian Herzog, personal communication).

Endemic to the Americas.

Brown Tinamou usually occurs in humid montane forest in foothills and in the Andes (Ridgely and Greenfield 2001a, Hilty 2003, Schulenberg et al. 2010), and in similar forests in southeastern Brazil (Sick 1983). Brown Tinamou also is associated with steep ravines in Venezuela (Hilty 2003). Brown Tinamous in Amazonia occur in humid lowland evergreen forests. Locally Brown Tinamou also occupies dry forest (Herzog et al. 1999).

None reported.

None reported.