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Brown tinamou

Crypturellus obsoletus (Temminck, 1815)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The brown tinamou (Crypturellus obsoletus) is a species in the family Tinamidae, order Tinamiformes. Recorded adults weigh 421 g to 467 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

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Quick facts about the brown tinamou

Weight
421 g – 467 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
20 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
4.5src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Photos of the brown tinamou

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Where does the brown tinamou live?

Not recorded

What is the brown tinamou?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The brown tinamou (Crypturellus obsoletus) is a brownish ground bird found in humid lowland and montane forest in tropical and subtropical South America.

From the Wikipedia article “Brown tinamou” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brown_tinamou&oldid=1363414994), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the brown tinamou endangered?

The brown tinamou is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

How is the brown tinamou classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderTinamiformes
  5. familyTinamidae
  6. genusCrypturellus
  7. SpeciesCrypturellus obsoletus (Temminck, 1815)

Synonyms Tinamus obsoletus

Other names and names in other languages (33)
  • تنام بنيArabic
  • tinamú bruCatalan
  • tinama hnědáCzech
  • tinamŵ brownWelsh
  • Brun TinamuDanish
  • KastanientinamuGerman
  • bruna tinamoEsperanto
  • Tinamú caféSpanish
  • Perdiz de MonteSpanish
  • Perdiz PardaSpanish
  • Tataupá rojizoSpanish
  • pruun-metstinamuEstonian
  • ruskotinamiFinnish
  • Tinamou brunFrench
  • Ynambu apeky'aGuarani
  • Tinamo brunoItalian
  • チャイロシギダチョウJapanese
  • kaštoninis tinamasLithuanian
  • Bruine TinamoeDutch
  • kusacz kasztanowatyPolish
  • inambuguaçuPortuguese
  • Inhambu-guaçuPortuguese
  • inhambuguaçuPortuguese
  • tinamu-castanhoPortuguese
  • Каштановый скрытохвостRussian
  • Каштановый криптуреллусRussian
  • tinama gaštanováSlovak
  • Smeđi tinamuSerbian
  • brun tinamoSwedish
  • Kahverengi TinamuTurkish
  • татаупа каштановийUkrainian
  • 褐穴䳍Chinese
  • 褐穴(共鳥)Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the brown tinamou

Other species in the same genus Crypturellus.

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Common questions

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How big is the brown tinamou?

An adult brown tinamou weighs 421 g – 467 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the brown tinamou endangered?

The brown 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 brown tinamou?

The brown tinamou (Crypturellus obsoletus) belongs to the family Tinamidae in the order Tinamiformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Brown tinamou (Crypturellus obsoletus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/brown-tinamou

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BibTeX
@misc{brown_tinamou_2026,
  title = {Brown tinamou (Crypturellus obsoletus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/brown-tinamou},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}