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

Systematics

Geographic Variation

Two subspecies recognized:

perdicaria, described as Crypturus perdicarius Kittlitz 1830; type locality near Valparaíso, Chile

Occurs in north central Chile from southern Atacama south to Ñuble. Intergrades with sanborni in central Chile.

See Detailed Description.

sanborni, described as Nothoprocta perdicaria sanborni Conover 1924; type locality Máfil, Valdivia, Chile

Occurs in south central Chile from Maule south to Llanquihue. Intergrades with nominate perdicaria in central Chile.

Similar to nominate perdicaria, but "general coloration above and below decidedly darker, more brownish tan ... gray of chest less intense, often lacking" (Blake 1977).

Subspecies

Related Species

Monophyly of the genus Nothoprocta is well-supported by analyses of both morphological and genetic characters (Bertelli et al 2002, Bertelli and Porzecanski 2004). Nothoprocta perdicaria is most closely related to Nothoprocta curvirostris (Curve-billed Tinamou) and Nothoprocta pentlandii (Andean Tinamou), although phylogenetic relationships between these three species are not completely resolved (Bertelli et al 2002, Bertelli and Porzecanski 2004)

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