Cinereous Tinamou

     The Cinerous Tinamou is a wide-ranging and generally common member Tinamou. Its plumage is principally dark ashy-brown to brownish-grey in color, although usually becoming paler below, with a slightly reddish-brown crown and nape. However, some individuals of the Cinerous tinamou are almost entirely sooty brown.

     The Cinereous Tinamou occurs over lowland regions from the mouth of the Amazon as far west as southeast Colombia. And south to northern Bolivia, north to southernmost Venezuela, and throughout the Guianas.

     The breeding season of the Cinereous tinamou is year-round due to the perfect climate that they live in. However, there is a period of preferred mating, which is from August through October, except in Colombia, where it is in June. Cinereous tinamou’s nest is merely a scrape in the ground, sometimes made of some leaves. The female will lay about two eggs in the season. And these eggs appear to be pf a salmon violet color, and are considered very colorful. Over time, the eggs of the Cinereous tinamou will change their color to a dark or sometimes milk chocolate color. The young are capable of moving around when they hatch to the point that they can almost run. And as other tinamou species, the father Cinereous tinamou performs all of the parental care duties.

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The Cinereous Tinamou by Manuel Anastácio
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The Cinereous Tinamou by Nick Athanas
Place of originNorthern South America
UseGame hunting and preservation
WeightMale: 355 – 527 g               female: 512 – 615 g
Egg colorSalmon violet to dark chocolate