Barred tinamou
Crypturellus casiquiare (Chapman, 1929)
The barred tinamou (Crypturellus casiquiare) is a species in the family Tinamidae, order Tinamiformes. Recorded adults weigh about 250 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
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Quick facts about the barred tinamou
- Weight
- 250 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Omnivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the barred tinamou live?
Not recorded
What is the barred tinamou?
The barred tinamou (Crypturellus casiquiare) is a type of tinamou commonly found in lowland moist forest in subtropical and tropical regions of northern South America.
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Is the barred tinamou endangered?
The barred tinamou is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.
How is the barred tinamou classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderTinamiformes
- familyTinamidae
- genusCrypturellus
- SpeciesCrypturellus casiquiare (Chapman, 1929)
Synonyms Crypturornis casiquiare
Other names and names in other languages (32)
- تنام مخططArabic
- tinamú barratCatalan
- tinama páskovanáCzech
- tinamŵ rhesogWelsh
- BåndtinamuDanish
- BindentinamuGerman
- stria tinamoEsperanto
- Tinamú CasiquiareSpanish
- Perdiz BarradaSpanish
- Tinamú del CasiquiareSpanish
- punapea-metstinamuEstonian
- juovatinamiFinnish
- Tinamou barréFrench
- šareni tinamuCroatian
- Tinamo barratoItalian
- トラフシギダチョウJapanese
- dryžasis tinamasLithuanian
- Gebandeerde TinamoeDutch
- stripetinamuNorwegian
- kusacz prążkowanyPolish
- inambu-listradoPortuguese
- inhambu-listradoPortuguese
- tinamu-do-cassiquiarePortuguese
- Полосатый скрытохвостRussian
- Полосатый криптуреллусRussian
- tinama lesnáSlovak
- Riđoglavi tinamuSerbian
- strimmig tinamoSwedish
- Çizgili TinamuTurkish
- татаупа колумбійськийUkrainian
- 斑穴䳍Chinese
- 斑穴(共鳥)Chinese
Relatives of the barred tinamou
Other species in the same genus Crypturellus.

Little tinamou
Crypturellus soui

Tataupa tinamou
Crypturellus tataupa
Brown tinamou
Crypturellus obsoletus
Undulated tinamou
Crypturellus undulatus

Thicket tinamou
Crypturellus cinnamomeus

Variegated tinamou
Crypturellus variegatus
CompareBarred tinamou vs Little tinamouBarred tinamou vs Tataupa tinamouBarred tinamou vs Brown tinamouBarred tinamou vs Undulated tinamou
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the barred tinamou?
An adult barred tinamou weighs 250 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the barred tinamou endangered?
The barred tinamou is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.
What kind of animal is the barred tinamou?
The barred tinamou (Crypturellus casiquiare) belongs to the family Tinamidae in the order Tinamiformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service). - Wikipedia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-11-11
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