Decorated steppe tinamu

Decorated steppe tinamu
Decorated steppe tinamu
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryotes
Kingdom:	Animals
Kingdom :	Eumetazoi
No rank :	Bilateral symmetrical
No rank :	Secondary
Type of:	Chordate
Subtype :	Vertebrates
Infratype :	Maxillary
Overclass :	Tetrapods
Grade:	Birds
Subclass :	Real birds
Infraclass :	Keelless
Squad:	Tinamoobraznye ( Tinamiformes Huxley , 1872 )
Family:	Chinamu
Subfamily :	Steppe chinamu
Gender:	Mountain chinamu
View:	Decorated steppe tinamu
International scientific name
	Nothoprocta ornata ( GR Gray , 1867)
Security status
	Least Concerned; IUCN 3.1 Least Concern : 22678254

Decorated with tinamu ^[1] , or decorated with steppe tinamu ^[2] ( lat. Nothoprocta ornata ) is a species of bird of the tinamu family.

Content

1 Description
2 Area and habitats
3 Reproduction
4 Subspecies
5 notes

Description

The bird reaches a length of 32 cm. The upper part of the body is brownish-gray in color with black spots. The belly is ocher yellow. The beak is thin and curved. Beak and legs are yellow or gray.

Habitat and habitat

The species is common in southern and central Peru , southwestern Bolivia , northern Chile and northwestern Argentina. The species is found in alpine meadows at an altitude of 3450–4700 meters above sea level ^[3] . It feeds mainly on fruits and berries. In small quantities it eats invertebrates, flowers, seeds.

Reproduction

The male incubates the eggs. In one clutch there can be eggs from 4 females. Nests are placed on the ground. Hatching lasts 2-3 weeks ^[4] .

Subspecies

Nothoprocta ornata ornata is common in southern and central Peru, southwestern Bolivia, in northern Chile;
Nothoprocta ornata branickii central Peru;
Nothoprocta ornata rostrata north argentina.

Notes

↑ Koblik E.A. System of retsent 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. 53. - 212 p. - ISBN 978-5-87317-635-9
↑ 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. 12. - 2030 copies. - ISBN 5-200-00643-0 .
↑ BirdLife International. Ornate Tinamou - BirdLife Species Factsheet (Neopr.) . Data Zone (2008). Date of treatment February 12, 2009.
↑ Davies, SJJF (2003). "Tinamous." In Hutchins, Michael. Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. 8 Birds I Tinamous and Ratites to Hoatzins (2 ed.). Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Group. pp. 57-59. ISBN 0-7876-5784-0 .

[palaeognathae-1] Koblik E.A. System of retsent 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. 53. - 212 p. - ISBN 978-5-87317-635-9

[2] 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. 12. - 2030 copies. - ISBN 5-200-00643-0 .

[3] BirdLife International. Ornate Tinamou - BirdLife Species Factsheet (Neopr.) . Data Zone (2008). Date of treatment February 12, 2009.

[4] Davies, SJJF (2003). "Tinamous." In Hutchins, Michael. Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. 8 Birds I Tinamous and Ratites to Hoatzins (2 ed.). Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Group. pp. 57-59. ISBN 0-7876-5784-0 .