Choco Tinamou (Crypturellus kerriae)
About the Choco Tinamou
The Choco tinamou or Chocó tinamou (Crypturellus kerriae) is a type of tinamou found in lowland forest and montane forest in subtropical and tropical regions of Colombia and Panama. The Choco tinamou is approximately 25 to 26.5 cm (9.8–10.4 in) in length. It is a small, plain dark tinamou. Its upperparts are dark brown, with a blackish crown, slate-grey sides of neck, whitish throat and indistinct dusky barring. Its legs are red. The females are darker with coarser barring on wing-coverts and breast, and grey flanks.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 7 recordings for this species: 3 CC BY-NC-SA · 1 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Colombia, Panama in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Brown TinamouCrypturellus obsoletusrecording
- Cinereous TinamouCrypturellus cinereusrecording
- Little TinamouCrypturellus souirecording
- Slaty-breasted TinamouCrypturellus boucardirecording
- Tataupa TinamouCrypturellus tatauparecording
- Variegated TinamouCrypturellus variegatusrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.