Order
Tinamiformes
Family
Tinamidae
Genus
Nothoprocta
 
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Version 1.0

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SPECIES

Chilean Tinamou Nothoprocta perdicaria

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

Distribution

Distribution in the Americas

As the name suggests, Chilean Tinamou is endemic to Chile. It is resident in central Chile from the Huasco Valley in Atacama south to Llanquihue. The elevational range of Chilean Tinamou is from sea level up to 2000 m (Jaramillo 2003).

Chilean Tinamou also was introduced to Easter Island (Isla de Pascua) in 1888 (Marín and Cáceres 2010).

Distribution outside the Americas

Endemic to the Americas.

Habitat

Chilean Tinamou occupies semiarid grasslands, wheat fields, and grassy openings in matorral scrub (Johnson 1965, Jaramillo 2003). This species often is found on roadsides (Fjeldså and Krabbe 1990).

Historical changes

The overall range of Chilean Tinamou has not changed, but the population is greatly reduced, especially in the northern part of its range, primarily from hunting and trapping (Johnson 1965) and perhaps also from competition with the introduced California Quail (Callipepla californica).

Fossil history

None reported.

Distribution of the Chilean Tinamou - Range Map
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Distribution of the Chilean Tinamou

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