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Small-billed Tinamou
Crypturellus parvirostris (Wagler, 1827)
Tinamidae — Tinamous
Small-billed Tinamou, Crypturellus parvirostris, is a tinamou of the family Tinamidae. It occurs in South America, with its breeding range extending from south-eastern Peru and Amazonian Brazil to north-eastern Argentina. It is associated with dry savanna and also uses lowland shrubland. The species was first described in 1827 from a Brazilian specimen, and it is the only member of its kind without recognised subspecies. It is about 22 cm long, with dark brown upperparts, grey to brownish underparts and head, and a red bill and legs.
- Order
- Tinamiformes
- Family
- Tinamidae — Tinamous
- Breeding range
- South America: se Peru and s Amazonian Brazil to ne Argentina
