Order
Tinamiformes
Family
Tinamidae
Genus
Nothoprocta
 
Neotropical Birds
Version  1.0
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Chilean Tinamou Nothoprocta perdicaria

Vitor Gomes and Alvaro Jaramillo
Version: 1.0 — Published February 28, 2014

Conservation

Chilean Tinamou is widespread and has a very large geographic range. The population is greatly reduced, especially in the northern part of its range, it is commoner in the southern part of its range. This species also is common on Easter Island (Isla de Pascua), where it was introduced in the late 19th century (Marín and Cáceres 2010). The IUCN Red List conservation status of Chilean Tinamou is Least Concern (Birdlife International 2014).

Effects of human activity on populations

Populations of Chilean Tinamou, especially in the northern part of its range, have declined greatly, apparently primarily due to pressure from hunting and trapping (Johnson 1965, Cabot 1992, BirdLife International 2014). Chilean Tinamou also sometimes is killed accidentally by farm machinery (Skewes et al. 2006).

Recommended Citation

Gomes, V. and A. Jaramillo (2014). Chilean Tinamou (Nothoprocta perdicaria), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/nb.chitin1.01
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