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Great Tinamou (Grote Tinamoe)




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Great Tinamou - Tinamus major - Grote Tinamoe
South-Mexico to Amazonia.

The following 12 subspecies recognized:
Tinamus major robustus - Southeast-Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras;
Tinamus major percautus - South-Mexico, North-Guatemala, Belize;
Tinamus major fuscipennis - North-Nicaragua to West-Panama;
Tinamus major brunneiventris - Southcentral-Panama;
Tinamus major castaneiceps - Southwest-Costa Rica to West-Panama;
Tinamus major saturatus - East-Panama and Northwest-Colombia;
Tinamus major zuliensis - Northeast-Colombia, North-Venezuela;
Tinamus major latifrons - Southwest-Colombia, West-Ecuador;
Tinamus major major - East-Venezuela to Northeast-Brazil;
Tinamus major serratus - Northwest-Brazil;
Tinamus major olivascens - Amazonian Brazil;
Tinamus major peruvianus - Southeast-Colombia to Bolivia and West-Brazil.

Of this species there are no Zoo Photo's available.


Great TinamouTinamus major castaneiceps
Great Tinamou
Tinamus major castaneiceps
Great TinamouTinamus major castaneiceps
Great Tinamou
Tinamus major castaneiceps
Great TinamouTinamus major castaneiceps
Great Tinamou
Tinamus major castaneiceps