White-chinned tinamu [1] [2] ( Latin Tinamus guttatus ) is a species of bird of the tinamu family native to the rainforests of Brazil , northern Bolivia , southeast Colombia , northeastern Ecuador , eastern Peru, and southern Venezuela [3] .
| White-chinned Chinamu |
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetrical |
| Squad: | Tinamoobraznye ( Tinamiformes Huxley , 1872 ) |
| Subfamily : | Forest Chinamu |
| View: | White-chinned Chinamu |
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| International scientific name |
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Tinamus guttatus ( Pelzeln , 1863 ) |
| Security status |
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Close to vulnerableIUCN 3.1 Near Threatened : 22678151 |
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All species are part of the chinamu family, and to a greater extent ostrich . All ratites came from prehistoric birds, the closest relatives of which are tinamu [4] . White-chinned chinamu is a monotypic species [2] [3] .
The name Tinamus guttatus consists of two words from different languages. The word Tinamus was taken from the language of the Galibi tribe, which became the name of the genus, and guttatus from Latin , which means "motley" [5] .
White-chinned chinamou has a dark brown upper body with blackish stripes on the back and small, yellowish-white spots. The lower body is pale, with wider, dark-striped flanks [4] . The bird has a gray head and neck, a white throat, brown eyes, a brown beak. The length of these birds is 32 to 36 cm (13 and 14 inches) [4] .
Like other chinamos, white-chin chinamu feeds on fruits located on the surface of the earth or low-lying shrubs, as well as invertebrates , buds , tender leaves, seeds and roots [4] . The male hatches eggs, which can appear from four different females, and then looks after the chicks until they are ready to stand on their own legs; this period usually ranges from two to three weeks [4] . The nest is located on the ground in dense grass or in an elevated root support [4] .
They inhabit subtropical and tropical low-lying forests at an altitude of about 500 m (1600 ft) and below [6] . They feed on seeds , fruits, and invertebrates along with other chinamos .
In its habitat, a fairly common species, the main threat of which is deforestation . In 2012, the status of white-chin tinamu is close to a vulnerable position , but the range extends to 4,000,000 km² (about 1,500,000 sq. Miles) [6] . His eggs are a valuable item among collectors.
- Brands, Sheila Systema Naturae 2000 / Classification, Genus Tinamus (Neopr.) (Link not available) . Project: The Taxonomicon (Aug 14 2008). Date of treatment February 4, 2009. Archived on May 28, 2009.
- Clements, James. The Clements Checklist of the Birds of the World. - 6. - Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2007. - ISBN 978-0-8014-4501-9 .
- Davies, SJJF (2003), "Tinamous", in Hutchins, Michael, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia , vol. 8 Birds I Tinamous and Ratites to Hoatzins (2 ed.), Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Group, pp. 57–59, ISBN 0-7876-5784-0
- Gotch, AF Tinamous // Latin Names Explained. A Guide to the Scientific Classifications of Reptiles, Birds & Mammals. - London: Facts on File, 1995. - P. 182. - ISBN 0-8160-3377-3 .
- BirdLife Species Factsheet
- ↑ Boehme R. L. , Flint V. E. The Bilingual Dictionary of Animal Names. Birds. Latin, Russian, English, German, French / Ed. ed. Acad. V. E. Sokolova . - M .: Rus. lang., "RUSSO", 1994. - S. 13. - 2030 copies. - ISBN 5-200-00643-0 .
- ↑ 1 2 Koblik, E. A. The system of percent and subrecent paleognates // Ancient Skybirds (essays on phylogeny, systematics, biology, morphology and economic use) / ed. O. F. Chernova, E. A. Koblik. - M .: T-number of scientific publications of KMK, 2010. - P. 51. - 212 p. - ISBN 978-5-87317-635-9
- ↑ 1 2 Clements J. (2007)
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 Davies, SJJF (2003)
- ↑ Gotch, AF (1995)
- ↑ 1 2 Tinamus guttatus (English) . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species .
