Darwin’s Nothura (Nothura darwinii)

Order: Tinamiformes | Family: Tinamidae IUCN Status: Least Concern

dawin's-nothura
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Titicaca Basin

dawin's-nothura
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Espinar, Cusco

dawin's-nothura
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Titicaca Basin

dawin's-nothura
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Espinar, Cusco


Identification & Behavior: ~26 cm (10.2 in). The Darwin’s Nothura has the head, back, neck, and breast brown with shades of gray, brown, and black. The belly is light brown and unmarked. The bill is nearly straight. It is similar to the  Ornate Tinamou but is distinguished by smaller size, an iris red or brown, and spotting on the breast and sides of the belly. Also, see Taczanowski’s Tinamou.

Status: The Darwin’s Nothura is fairly common at elevations above 3800 m. It favors wet grasslands with scattered shrubs in apparently disjunct populations. It also ranges at elevations of 1000 m in the Urubamba Valley. The Darwin’s Nothura also occurs in Bo.

Name in Spanish: Perdiz de Darwin.

Sub-species: Darwin’s Nothura (Nothura darwinii peruviana), Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1906. Tropical zone of S Peru (Cuzco), locally N to Huánuco.
(N. d. agassizii), Bangs, 1910. Altiplano from SE Peru (Cuzco, Puno) S to WC Bolivia (L Poopó).

Meaning of Name: Nothura: Gr. nothos= false; and oura= tail. darwinii: In honor of Charles Darwin (1809-1882) British naturalist, creator of the Darwinism and author of the “Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection”, 1859.

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Distribution Map
dawin's_nothuraVoice


References:

    • Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum.  http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 08/01/2015.