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Huayco Tinamou
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Huayco Tinamou
Rhynchotus maculicollis
The huayco tinamou (Rhynchotus maculicollis), also known as waypu (Quechua) (also spelled guaipo, huaipo, guaypo, waypo, a name which is also applied for other Tinamidae species), is a species of bird found on grassy mountain ridges in the Andes of Bolivia and Argentina.
From the article Huayco tinamou on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Range & habitat
The huayco tinamou lives in the Andes of northwestern Argentina and Bolivia from 380 to 3,580 m (1,250–11,750 ft). It occurs in dry savanna and scrubland, and cereal fields.
Wikipedia: “Range and habitat”
What it does
Like other tinamous, the huayco tinamou eats fruit off the ground or low-lying bushes. They also eat small amounts of invertebrates, flower buds, tender leaves, seeds, and roots. The male incubates the eggs which may come from different females, and then will raise them until they are ready to be on their own. The nest is located on the ground in dense brush or between raised root buttresses.
Wikipedia: “Behavior”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 20694.