Tinamotis pentlandii, T. ingoufi
Puma Tinamou by Joxerra Aihartza, Fair Use
Name: Tinamotis pentlandii (Puna Tinamou), T. ingoufi (Patagonian Tinamou)
Status: Extant
First Described: 1837
Described By: Vigors
Classification: Dinosauria, Theropoda, Neotheropoda, Averostra, Tetanurae, Orionides, Avetheropoda, Coelurosauria, Tyrannoraptora, Maniraptoriformes, Maniraptora, Pennaraptora, Paraves, Eumaniraptora, Averaptora, Avialae, Euavialae, Avebrevicauda, Pygostylia, Ornithothoraces, Euornithes, Ornithuromorpha, Ornithurae, Neornithes, Palaeognathae, Notopalaeognathae, Tinamiformes + Dinornithiformes Clade, Tinamiformes, Nothurinae
Tinamotis is a small genera of Tinamou, with only two species, both living in drier habitats - one in the grasslands of the Andes Mountains, and the other in the savanna of Patagonia. The Puma Tinamou, above, is about 41 centimeters long in length, and is brown on the top with greenish-brown rear feathers. It lived in high-altitude grasslands and brush in the Andes of Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina. It is not threatened with extinction, probably due it its remote home.
Patagonian Tinamou by Chucao, CC BY SA 3.0
The Patagonian Tinamou is also not endangered, but slightly smaller than its cousin at an average of 35 centimeters in length. It’s grey spotted and black with some brown feathers, and it eats fruit and low lying plants and insects in its savannah habitat. The males, as per usual for Tinamou, incubate the eggs, for about 2 to 3 weeks at a time - the nest being located in dense brush. They live in Chile and Argentina, in grasslands, savannah, and brushland.
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