Grey Tinamou (Tinamus tao)
About the Grey Tinamou
The grey tinamou (Tinamus tao) is a type of ground bird native to South America. Four subspecies are recognised. All tinamou are from the family Tinamidae, and in the larger scheme are also ratites. All ratites evolved from prehistoric flying birds, and tinamous are the closest living relative of these birds. The grey tinamou has several subspecies: T. t. larensis with a range in the montane forests of central Colombia and northwestern Venezuela. T. t. kleei with a range of south-central Colombia, eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru, eastern Bolivia, and western Brazil. T. t. septentrionalis with a range of northeastern Venezuela and possibly northwestern Guyana. T. t. tao with a range of north central Brazil, far eastern Peru, and far northwestern Bolivia.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 70 recordings for this species: 7 CC BY-NC-SA · 4 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 Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Black TinamouTinamus osgoodirecording
- Great TinamouTinamus majorrecording
- White-throated TinamouTinamus guttatusrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.