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Tawny-breasted Tinamou
Nothocercus julius (Bonaparte, 1854)
Tinamidae — Tinamous
Tawny-breasted Tinamou, Nothocercus julius, is a ground bird of montane moist forest in western South America, from central Colombia and far western Venezuela to southern Peru. It is a tinamou of the family Tinamidae. Its upperparts are brown with black barring, and the wings show buff spotting. The head is bright chestnut, the throat is white, and the breast and flanks are olivaceous brown, with the rest of the underparts bright rufous. It was described by Bonaparte in 1854.
- Order
- Tinamiformes
- Family
- Tinamidae — Tinamous
- Breeding range
- South America: c Colombia and w Venezuela to sc Peru
