Order
Tinamiformes
Family
Tinamidae
Genus
Nothoprocta
 
Neotropical Birds
Version  1.0
This is a historic version of this account.   Current version

Chilean Tinamou Nothoprocta perdicaria

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

Priorities for Future Research

Introduction

Ecological studies on Chilean Tinamou are priorities because it is an endemic bird to Chile. More quantitative data would be useful to assess the effects of hunting and trapping on this species. Also worthy of investigation would be the question of whether competition with the introduced California Quail (Callipepla californica) has an effect on populations of the native tinamou. There still is little or no information for Chilean Tinamou on topics such as territoriality, density, lifespan, and population regulation, all of which are excellent topics for further research.

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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