Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | tinamú dels tepuis |
| Croatian | tepujski tinamu |
| Czech | tinama tepuiová |
| Danish | Tepuítinamu |
| Dutch | Tepuitinamoe |
| English | Tepui Tinamou |
| English (United States) | Tepui Tinamou |
| French | Tinamou des tépuis |
| French (France) | Tinamou des tépuis |
| German | Tepuitinamu |
| Japanese | メジロシギダチョウ |
| Norwegian | tepuitinamu |
| Polish | kusacz białooki |
| Russian | Венесуэльский скрытохвост |
| Serbian | Tinamu iz Tepuija |
| Slovak | tinama bielooká |
| Spanish | Tinamú de Tepuy |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Tinamú de los Tepuis |
| Spanish (Spain) | Tinamú de tepuy |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Poncha de los Tepuyes |
| Swedish | tepuítinamo |
| Turkish | Sarı Gözlü Tinamu |
| Ukrainian | Татаупа білоокий |
SPECIES
Tepui Tinamou Crypturellus ptaritepui
Vitor Gomes and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 7, 2014
Version: 1.0 — Published March 7, 2014
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Distribution
Distribution in the Americas
Tepui Tinamou is known only from a few sites in the tepui region of southeastern Venezuela. The original series of specimens were collected on Ptari-tepui and Sororopán-tepui (Zimmer and Phelps 1945); more recently it also was collected on Auyán-tepui (Barrowclough et al. 1997). There also are sight records from the Sierra de Lema (Hilty 2003).
The documented elevational range of Tepui Tinamou is 1350-1800 m (Hilty 2003).
Distribution outside the Americas
Endemic to the Americas.
Habitat
Tepui Tinamou occurs in humid montane forest and in more open scrubby areas (Barrowclough et al. 1997, Hilty 2003).
Historical changes
None reported.
Fossil history
None reported.
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Tepui Tinamou