Tepui Tinamou Crypturellus ptaritepui
Version: 1.0 — Published March 7, 2014
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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