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| Trogon |
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Trogonidae |
The trogons and quetzals are birds in the order Trogoniformes which contains only one family, the Trogonidae. The family contains 39 species in eight genera. The fossil record of the trogons dates back 49 million years to the mid-Eocene. They might...
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| Anatidae |
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Anatidae is the biological family that includes ducks, geese and swans. The family has a cosmopolitan distribution, occurring on all the world's continents except Antarctica and on most of the world's islands and island groups. These are birds that...
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The Anatinae is a subfamily of the family Anatidae (swans, geese and ducks). Its surviving members are the dabbling ducks, which feed mainly at the surface rather than by diving. The other members of the Anatinae are the extinct moa-nalos, a young...
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| Eaton's Pintail |
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The Eaton's Pintail (Anas eatoni) is a dabbling duck of the genus Anas. The species is restricted to the island groups of Kerguelen and Crozet in the southern Indian Ocean. It resembles a small female Northern Pintail. The species is threatened by...
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| Common Teal |
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Green-winged Teal |
The Common Teal or Eurasian Teal (Anas crecca) is a common and widespread duck which breeds in temperate Eurasia and migrates south in winter. It is the Old World counterpart of the North American Green-winged Teal ( A. carolinensis), which was...
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| Treeswift |
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The treeswifts or crested swifts are a family, Hemiprocnidae, of aerial near passerine birds, closely related to the true swifts. The family contains a single genus, Hemiprocne, with four species. They are distributed from India and South East Asia...
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| Mandarin Duck |
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The Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata), or just Mandarin, is a medium-sized perching duck, closely related to the North American Wood Duck. It is 41–49 cm long with a 65–75 cm wingspan.
The adult male is a striking and unmistakable bird. It has a red...
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| Cape Teal |
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The Cape Teal (Anas capensis) is a 44-46 cm long dabbling duck of open wetlands in sub-Saharan Africa.
This species is essentially non-migratory, although it moves opportunistically with the rains. Like many southern ducks, the sexes are similar. It...
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| Yellow-billed Duck |
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The Yellow-billed Duck, Anas undulata, is a 51–58 cm long dabbling duck which is an abundant resident breeder in southern and eastern Africa.
This duck is not migratory, but will wander in the dry season to find suitable waters. It is highly...
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| Lesser Whistling Duck |
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The Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica, also known as Indian Whistling Duck, is a small whistling duck which breeds in South Asia and southeast Asia. It may also be called the Lesser Whistling Teal (based on an older classification), or the...
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Aix is a genus that contains just two species of ducks: the Wood Duck (Aix sponsa), and the Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata).
The genus belongs to the family Anatidae in the waterfowl order Anseriformes. They were formerly placed in the "perching...
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| Crested Treeswift |
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The Crested Treeswift (Hemiprocne coronata) is a kind of tree swift. The tree swifts are aerial near passerine birds, closely related to, but distinct from the true swifts. They are restricted to southeast Asia and Australasia.
The Crested Treeswift...
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| Grey Teal |
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The Grey Teal, Anas gracilis is a dabbling duck found in open wetlands in New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, Vanuatu and Solomon Islands.
This is a mottled brown duck with white and green flashes on its wings. The male and female Grey Teal share...
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| Chestnut Teal |
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The Chestnut Teal (Anas castanea) is a dabbling duck found in southern Australia.
The male has a distinctive green coloured head and mottled brown body. The female has a brown head and mottled brown body. The female is almost identical in appearance...
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| Pacific Black Duck |
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The Pacific Black Duck, Anas superciliosa is a dabbling duck found in much of Indonesia, New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, and many islands in the southwestern Pacific, reaching to the Caroline Islands in the north and French Polynesia in the east...
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| Dendrocygninae |
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Dendrocygninae is a subfamily of the duck, goose and swan family of birds, Anatidae. In other taxonomical approaches, they are either considered a separate family Whistling Duck, or a tribe Dendrocygnini in the goose subfamily Anserinae (e.g. Terres...
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| Spotted Whistling Duck |
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The Spotted Whistling Duck, Dendrocygna guttata is a member of the duck family Anatidae.
This duck is known for its ability to swim underwater for long periods of time.
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| Plumed Whistling Duck |
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The Plumed Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna eytoni), also called the Grass Whistle Duck , is a whistling duck which breeds in New Guinea and Australia. It is a predominantly brown-coloured duck with a long neck and characteristic plumes arising from its...
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| Wandering Whistling Duck |
The Wandering Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna arcuata) is a species of whistling duck. They inhabit tropical and subtropical Australia, the Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and the Pacific Islands . There are three subspecies associated with...
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| Brown Teal |
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The Brown Teal (Anas chlorotis) or New Zealand Teal, is a species of dabbling duck of the genus Anas. The Māori name for it is Pāteke. It was considered to be conspecific with the flightless Auckland Island and Campbell Island Teals in Anas...
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| Bernier's Teal |
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Bernier's Teal Anas bernieri (also known as Madagascar Teal) is a duck species of the genus Anas. It is endemic to Madagascar, where it is found only along the west coast.
This duck is 40 to 45 cm in length, and is predominately warm brown all over...
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| Red-billed Teal |
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The Red-billed Teal (Anas erythrorhyncha) is a dabbling duck which is an abundant resident breeder in southern and eastern Africa typically south of 10° S. This duck is not migratory, but will fly great distances to find suitable waters. It is...
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| Speckled Teal |
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The Speckled Teal (Anas flavirostris) is a South American duck species. Like other teals, it belongs to the diverse genus Anas; more precisely it is one of the "true" teals of subgenus Nettion. It resides in the Andes in Colombia, Venezuela,...
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| Yellow-billed Pintail |
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The Yellow-billed Pintail (Anas georgica) is a dabbling duck of the genus Anas. Its range includes Peru, Paraguay, Brazil, and Ecuador They also inhabit some of the subantarctic islands including South Georgia, which lends its name to the species....
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| Hottentot Teal |
The Hottentot Teal (Anas hottentota) is a species of dabbling duck of the genus Anas. It is migratory resident in eastern and southern Africa, from Sudan and Ethiopia west to Niger and Nigeria and south to South Africa and Namibia. In west Africa,...
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| Philippine Duck |
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The Philippine Duck (Anas luzonica) is a large dabbling duck of the genus Anas. Fewer than 10,000 remain.
It has a black crown, nape and eye stripe, with a cinnamon head and neck. Rest of body is greyish brown with a bright green speculum. Its legs...
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| Meller's Duck |
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Meller's Duck (Anas melleri) is a species of the dabbling duck genus Anas. It is endemic to eastern Madagascar. Although a population was established on Mauritius in the mid-18th century, this is on the verge of extinction due to habitat loss and...
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| Red Shoveler |
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The Red Shoveler (Anas platalea), formerly known as Red Shoveller, is a species of dabbling duck of the genus Anas. It is found in southern South America, in Argentina, southern Peru, southern Bolivia, Uruguay, Paraguay, the Falkland Islands, South...
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| Puna Teal |
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The Puna Teal (Anas puna) is a species of dabbling duck in the genus Anas. It was previously regarded as a subspecies of the Silver Teal.
The Puna Teal is resident in the Andes of Peru, western Bolivia, northern Chile, and extreme northwestern...
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| Australasian Shoveler |
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The Australasian Shoveler (Anas rhynchotis) is a species of dabbling duck in the genus Anas. It ranges from 46–53 cm. It lives in heavily vegetated swamps. In Australia it is protected under the National Parks and Wildlife Act, 1974. They occur in...
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| Chiloe Wigeon |
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The Chilöe Wigeon (Anas sibilatrix) is one of three species of wigeon in the dabbling duck genus Anas. Unlike other wigeons, the sexes are similar (though the male is often slightly brighter) and pairs are monogamous. This bird has a metallic green...
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| Cape Shoveler |
The Cape Shoveler Anas smithii formerly known as Cape Shoveller is a species of dabbling duck of the genus Anas. It is resident in South Africa, and uncommon further north in Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, southern Angola, Lesotho, Mozambique, and...
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| African Black Duck |
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The African Black Duck (Anas sparsa) is a species of duck of the genus Anas. It is genetically closest to the mallard group (Johnson & Sorenson, 1999), but shows some peculiarities in its behavior (Johnson et al., 2000) and (as far as they can be...
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| Silver Teal |
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The Silver Teal (Anas versicolor) is a species of dabbling duck in the genus Anas. It breeds in South America. It lives on fresh water in small groups, and feeds primarily on vegetable matter such as seeds and aquatic plants.
The Silver Teal's range...
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| Sunda Teal |
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The Sunda Teal, Anas gibberifrons, also known as the Indonesian Teal, is a dabbling duck found in open wetlands in Indonesia. The species formerly included the Andaman Teal Anas albogularis and the Grey Teal, Anas gracilis as subspecies.
This is a...
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| Auckland Islands Teal |
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The Auckland Islands Teal (Anas aucklandica) is a species of dabbling duck of the genus Anas that is endemic to Auckland Islands south of New Zealand. The species was once found throughout the Auckland Islands but is now restricted to the islands...
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| Resplendent Quetzal |
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The Resplendent Quetzal, Pharomachrus mocinno, is a spectacular bird of the trogon family. It is found from southern Mexico to western Panama (unlike the other quetzals, which are found in South America and eastern Panama). There are two subspecies,...
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| Red-winged Tinamou |
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The Red-winged Tinamou, Rhynchotus rufescens, is a medium-sized ground-living bird from central and eastern South America.
All Tinamou are from the family Tinamidae, and in the larger scheme are also Ratites. Unlike other Ratites, Tinamous can fly,...
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| White-throated Tinamou |
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The White-throated Tinamou, Tinamus guttatus is a species of bird native to the Amazon rainforest of Brazil, northern Bolivia, southeastern Colombia, northeastern Ecuador, eastern Peru and southern Venezuela.
All tinamou are from the family...
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| Brown Tinamou |
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The Brown Tinamou (Crypturellus obsoletus) is a dumpy, brownish ground bird found in humid lowland and montane forest in tropical and subtropical South America.
All tinamou are from the family Tinamidae, and in the larger scheme are also Ratites....
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| Yellow-legged Tinamou |
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The Yellow-legged Tinamou (Crypturellus noctivagus) is a type of Tinamou found in tropical and subtropical eastern Brazil.
Crypturellus is formed from three Latin or Greek words. kruptos meaning covered or hidden, oura meaning tail, and ellus...
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| Variegated Tinamou |
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The Variegated Tinamou, Crypturellus variegatus, a type of Tinamou commonly found in moist forest lowlands in subtropical and tropical regions of northern South America.
Crypturellus is formed from three Latin or Greek words. kruptos meaning covered...
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| Campbell Island Teal |
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The Campbell Island Teal (Anas nesiotis) is a small, flightless, nocturnal species of dabbling duck of the genus Anas endemic to the Campbell Island group of New Zealand. It is sometimes considered conspecific with the Brown Teal. The plumage is...
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| Golden-headed Quetzal |
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The Golden-Headed Quetzal (Pharomachrus auriceps) is a colorful bird native to highlands forests in South America.
Males and females are approximately the same size, having a total length of ca. 35 cm and a weight of 160 g. as adults. Adult males...
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| Andean Tinamou |
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The Andean Tinamou, Nothoprocta pentlandii, is a member of the most ancient groups of bird families, the Tinamous. The species is commonly found in high altitude shrubland, in the Andes of South America.
Crypturellus is formed from three Latin or...
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| Puna Tinamou |
The Puna Tinamou, Tinamotis pentlandii also known as Pentland’s Tinamou is a member of the most ancient groups of bird families, the tinamous. This species is native to southern South America.
All Tinamou are from the family Tinamidae, and in the...
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| Grey Tinamou |
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The Grey Tinamou (Tinamus tao) is a type of ground bird found throughout western and northern Brazil, eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru, Colombia east of the Andes, northern Venezuela, northern Bolivia, and Guyana.
All tinamou are from the family...
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| Elegant Crested Tinamou |
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The Elegant Crested Tinamou or Martineta Tinamou, Eudromia elegans, is a medium-sized tinamou that can be found in southern Chile and Argentina in shrubland.
Eudromia comes from two Greek words, eu meaning well or nicely, and dromos meaning a...
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| Crypturellus |
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Crypturellus is a genus of tinamous.
Crypturellus is formed from three Latin or Greek words. kruptos meaning covered or hidden, oura meaning tail, and ellus meaning diminutive. Therefore Crypturellus means small hidden tail.
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| Red-legged Tinamou |
The Red-legged Tinamou or Red-footed Tinamou,Crypturellus erythropus, is a dumpy, ground-dwelling bird found in the tropics and lower subtropics of northern South America..
The Red-legged Tinamou is superficially similar to a quail to which it is...
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| Solitary Tinamou |
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The Solitary Tinamou Tinamus solitarius is a species of paleognath ground bird. This species is native to Atlantic forest of eastern Brazil.
All tinamou are from the family Tinamidae, and in the larger scheme are also Ratites. Unlike other Ratites,...
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| Black Tinamou |
The Black Tinamou Tinamus osgoodi is a type of ground bird found in lowland and montane humid forest up to 1,400–2,100 m (4,600–6,900 ft) altitude.
All tinamou are from the family Tinamidae, and in the larger scheme are also Ratites. Unlike other...
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| Tawny-breasted Tinamou |
The Tawny-breasted Tinamou Nothocercus julius is a type of ground bird found in montane moist forest. Their range is northwestern South America.
All tinamou are from the family Tinamidae, and in the larger scheme are also Ratites. Unlike other...
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| Hooded Tinamou |
The Hooded Tinamou Nothocercus nigrocapillus is a type of ground bird found in forests of Bolivia and Peru.
Tinamou are from the family Tinamidae, and in the larger scheme are also Ratites. Unlike other Ratites, Tinamous can fly, although in general...
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| Berlepsch's Tinamou |
The Berlepsch's Tinamou Crypturellus berlepschi is a type of ground bird found in moist forest in northwestern Colombia and northwestern Ecuador. This bird is named after Hans von Berlepsch to commemorate him.
Berlepsch's Tinamou is greyish-brown in...
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| Cinereous Tinamou |
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The Cinereous Tinamou Crypturellus cinereus is a type of ground bird found in swamp and lowland forests in northern South America. Cinereous Tinamou’s have been around for many centuries. They are part of the oldest families of the world today, and...
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| Tepui Tinamou |
The Tepui Tinamou Crypturellus ptaritepui is a type of ground bird found in montane moist forest on tepuis, in southeastern Venezuela.
All tinamou are from the family Tinamidae, and in the larger scheme are also Ratites. Unlike other Ratites,...
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| Undulated Tinamou |
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The Undulated Tinamou Crypturellus undulatus is a type of ground bird commonly found in lowland moist forest of eastern and northern South America.
Crypturellus is formed from three Latin or Greek words. kruptos meaning covered or hidden, oura...
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| Pale-browed Tinamou |
The Pale-browed Tinamou Crypturellus transfasciatus is a type of Tinamou found in tropical dry forests in Peru and Ecuador.
Crypturellus is formed from three Latin or Greek words. kruptos meaning covered or hidden, oura meaning tail, and ellus...
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| Brazilian Tinamou |
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The Brazilian Tinamou, Crypturellus strigulosus, is a type of Tinamou found in lowland moist forest in subtropical and tropical regions of Amazonian South America.
Crypturellus is formed from three Latin or Greek words. kruptos meaning covered or...
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