Great Sinamu
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Great Tinamu ( Tinamus major ) |
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The Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major ), also Großtao called, is an approximately 45 cm large species from the family of Tinamous (Tinamidae), which is indigenous to Central and South America.
Appearance
The Great Sinamu has a light brown plumage, which overflows in orange on the head. The beak is black, the throat white. The lower abdominal plumage is dark gray to brown. The legs are gray.
Utterance
The roosters sometimes make loud, flute-like calls.
habitat
The bird lives in the cloud forests and rainforests of southern Mexico , Brazil, and Bolivia .
Way of life
The roosters live in loose groups with several females. Their diet consists mainly of berries, plant seeds and insects, which they look for on the ground. The flight ability is limited and is only rarely, z. B. used to escape from enemies.
Reproduction
The female lays up to twelve shiny blue-green, sometimes pink eggs in a ground nest. The chicks flee the nest and start looking for food on their own after just one day. The coloring of the boys is a camouflage dress in the color dark brown.
threat
The existence of the Greater Tinamu is threatened by the destruction of its habitat. Protected areas have been established for the species. The IUCN lists the species in the Near Threatened category .
Web links
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- Philip Whitfield (ed.): The great world empire of the animals. Planet Media AG, Zug 1992, ISBN 3-8247-8614-1 , p. 196 (German translation of the English edition 1992).