Order
Tinamiformes
Family
Tinamidae
Genus
Nothocercus
 
Neotropical Birds
Version  1.0
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Tawny-breasted Tinamou Nothocercus julius

Vitor Gomes
Version: 1.0 — Published February 14, 2014

Behavior

Introduction

The behavior of Tawny-breasted Tinamou is very poorly known. As is typical of most species of forest-inhabiting tinamous, Tawny-breasted Tinamou is secretive and is seen only infrequently, and only for brief periods. It forages on the forest floor, presumably primarily by gleaning from the ground, but perhaps also reaching reaching up to surrounding vegetation.

Territoriality

There are no published data on territorial defense, maintenance, or home range size for Tawny-breasted Tinamou.

Sexual Behavior

Undescribed for Tawny-breasted Tinamou. From what is known of the breeding system of other species, "the general rule among tinamous is simultaneous polygyny for males and sequential polyandry for females" (Cabot 1992).

Social and interspecific behavior

Tawny-breasted Tinamou usually is solitary or "in small groups" (Fjeldså and Krabbe 1990), which perhaps represent a male parent with a recent brood.

Predation

No reports of predation on Tawny-breasted Tinamou?

Recommended Citation

Gomes, V. (2014). Tawny-breasted Tinamou (Nothocercus julius), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/nb.tabtin1.01
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