Black tinamou
Tinamus osgoodi Conover, 1949
The black tinamou (Tinamus osgoodi) is a species in the family Tinamidae, order Tinamiformes. Recorded adults weigh about 1.29 kg. Its IUCN Red List status is Vulnerable.
Quick facts about the black tinamou
- Weight
- 1.29 kgsrc 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
- 2src for Young per litter or clutch
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Vulnerable (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the black tinamou live?
Not recorded
What is the black tinamou?
The black tinamou (Tinamus osgoodi) is a species of ground bird found in humid foothill and montane forest in the Andes of South America.
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Is the black tinamou endangered?
The black tinamou is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.
- 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 Vulnerable species.
How is the black tinamou classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderTinamiformes
- familyTinamidae
- genusTinamus
- SpeciesTinamus osgoodi Conover, 1949
Other names and names in other languages (32)
- تنام أسودArabic
- Tinamou duBreton
- tinamú negreCatalan
- Tinamus osgoodiCebuano
- tinama černáCzech
- tinamŵ mawr duWelsh
- Gråsort TinamuDanish
- SchwarztinamuGerman
- nigra tinamoEsperanto
- Tinamú negroSpanish
- Perdiz NegraSpanish
- musttinamuEstonian
- وشم سیاهPersian
- mustatinamiFinnish
- Tinamou noirFrench
- fekete tinamuHungarian
- Tinamo neroItalian
- クロシギダチョウJapanese
- juodasis tinamasLithuanian
- Zwarte TinamoeDutch
- svarttinamuNorwegian
- kusacz czarnyPolish
- macuco-pretoPortuguese
- tinamu-pretoPortuguese
- Чёрный тинамуRussian
- tinama čiernaSlovak
- Crni tinamuSerbian
- svart tinamoSwedish
- Kara TinamuTurkish
- тинаму чорнийUkrainian
- 黑䳍Chinese
- 黑(共鳥)Chinese
Relatives of the black tinamou
Other species in the same genus Tinamus.
Great tinamou
Tinamus major
Solitary tinamou
Tinamus solitarius
White-throated tinamou
Tinamus guttatus
Grey tinamou
Tinamus tao
Slaty-masked tinamou
Tinamus resonans
CompareBlack tinamou vs Great tinamouBlack tinamou vs Solitary tinamouBlack tinamou vs White-throated tinamouBlack tinamou vs Grey tinamou
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the black tinamou?
An adult black tinamou weighs 1.29 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the black tinamou endangered?
The black tinamou is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.
What kind of animal is the black tinamou?
The black tinamou (Tinamus osgoodi) 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.
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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
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