Yellow breasted tinamu
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The Gelbbrusttinamu ( Nothocercus julius ) is a bird of the family of Tinamous (Tinamidae). It lives in north-western South America in humid forests of the montane level. Unlike many other species in the family, the yellow-breasted tinamu is not completely flightless, but it is a poor flyer.
description
The yellow breasted tinamu is about 35 to 41 cm long. The top of the head is matte chestnut brown. The throat is white, the chest and abdomen are cinnamon to reddish brown. The neck and back are olive to red-brown in color. The feet are gray-blue, the beak black on top, whitish on the underside with a black tip.
Occurrence
The yellow breasted tinamu occurs in the Andes of central Colombia , Ecuador and Peru to the far west of Venezuela . It lives in the montane zone up to 1700 to 3350 m altitude.
Way of life
Like most tinamus, the yellow-breasted tinamus eat fruit from low bushes. They also eat small amounts of invertebrates , flower buds, tender leaves, seeds, and roots. The male incubates the eggs. The young hatch after two to three weeks. The nest is at a low level between raised roots.
natural reserve
The yellow breasted tinamu is classified as hardly threatened by the IUCN and has a distribution area of 110,000 km². The population in Peru is limited to small areas and could represent its own subspecies because of its different coloring (reddish skull). This would be more endangered because of its small distribution area.
credentials
- BirdLife International (2008). Nothocercus julius . 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org (Accessed February 21, 2011)
- BirdLife International (2008 (a)). Tawny-breasted Tinamou - BirdLife Species Factsheet . Data Zone http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/factsheet/22678157 (Accessed February 6, 2009)
- Sheila Brands: "Systema Naturae 2000 / Classification, Genus Nothocercus". Project: The Taxonomicon [1] August 14, 2008 (accessed February 4, 2009)
- James Clements: The Clements Checklist of the Birds of the World. 6th edition, Cornell University Press, Ithaca 2007, ISBN 978-0-8014-4501-9
- SJJF Davies: Tinamous . In: Michael Hutchins: Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia Volume 8, Vögel I, Tinamous and Ratites to Hoatzins (2nd edition). Gale Group, Farmington Hills 2002, pp. 57-59, ISBN 0-7876-5784-0
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Emmet Reid Blake: Manual of Neotropical Birds . University of Chicago Press, 1977, p. 25 ISBN 0-226-05641-4
Web link
- Nothocercus julius inthe IUCN 2013 Red List of Threatened Species . Listed by: BirdLife International, 2012. Retrieved February 2, 2014.