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Tawny-breasted Tinamou
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Tawny-breasted Tinamou
Nothocercus julius
The tawny-breasted tinamou (Nothocercus julius) is a type of ground bird found in montane moist forest. Their range is northwestern South America.
From the article Tawny-breasted tinamou on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The tawny-breasted tinamou has brown upperparts barred with black, and its wings have buff spots. Below its bright chestnut head, it has a white throat. Its breast and flanks are olivaceous brown, while the rest of its underparts are bright rufous. This tinamou measures 35.5–38 cm (14.0–15.0 in) in length.
Range & habitat
This species is native to the Andes in far western Venezuela, central Colombia, Ecuador, and southern Peru.
Wikipedia: “Range”
What it does
Like other tinamous, the tawny-breasted 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 as many as 4 different females, and then will raise them until they are ready to be on their own, usually 2–3 weeks. The nest is located on the ground in dense brush or between raised root buttresses.
Wikipedia: “Behavior”
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Where it lives
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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 20700.