Variegated Tinamou
Crypturellus variegatus(Gmelin, JF, 1789)
English (US) Variegated Tinamou
The Variegated Tinamou (Crypturellus variegatus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Tinamidae (Tinamous) in the order Tinamiformes.
Range: Colombia to Venezuela, the Guianas, northern Bolivia, and Amazonian BrazilRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Crypturellus variegatus
- Family
- Tinamidae (Tinamous)
- Order
- Tinamiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Variegated Tinamou
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Tetrao variegatus
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
- Type locality
- Guiana.
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I. Pars II 1 pt2 p.768
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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