Little tinamou
Crypturellus soui (Hermann, 1783)
The little tinamou (Crypturellus soui) is a species in the family Tinamidae, order Tinamiformes. Recorded adults weigh 197.6 g to 235 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
Quick facts about the little tinamou
- Weight
- 197.6 g – 235 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Omnivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Egg incubation
- 19 dayssrc for Egg incubation
- Young per litter or clutch
- 2src 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 little tinamou
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Where does the little tinamou live?
Not recorded
What is the little tinamou?
The little tinamou (Crypturellus soui) is a species of tinamou. It is found in Central and South America, as well as on the Caribbean island of Trinidad.
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Is the little tinamou endangered?
The little 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. What the categories mean.
How is the little tinamou classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderTinamiformes
- familyTinamidae
- genusCrypturellus
- SpeciesCrypturellus soui (Hermann, 1783)
Synonyms Tinamus soui
Other names and names in other languages (35)
- تنام صغيرArabic
- tinamú petitCatalan
- tinama maláCzech
- tinamŵ bachWelsh
- Lille TinamuDanish
- BrauntinamuGerman
- eta tinamoEsperanto
- ChorolaSpanish
- Gallina de monte chicaSpanish
- Perdiz ChicaSpanish
- Tinamú chicoSpanish
- Tinamú menorSpanish
- väike-metstinamuEstonian
- pikkutinamiFinnish
- Tinamou souiFrench
- Tinamu maliCroatian
- apró tinamuHungarian
- Tinamo piccoloItalian
- Tinamo dal ciuffoItalian
- コシギダチョウJapanese
- mažasis tinamasLithuanian
- Kleine TinamoeDutch
- småtinamuNorwegian
- kusacz czarnogłowyPolish
- tururimPortuguese
- SururinaPortuguese
- tinamu-pequenoPortuguese
- Малый скрытохвостRussian
- Коричневый криптуреллусRussian
- Mali tinamuSerbian
- mindre tinamoSwedish
- Küçük TinamuTurkish
- татаупа малийUkrainian
- 小穴䳍Chinese
- 小穴(共鳥)Chinese
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Relatives of the little tinamou
Other species in the same genus Crypturellus.
Tataupa tinamou
Crypturellus tataupa
Brown tinamou
Crypturellus obsoletus
Undulated tinamou
Crypturellus undulatus
Thicket tinamou
Crypturellus cinnamomeus
Variegated tinamou
Crypturellus variegatus
Berlepsch's tinamou
Crypturellus berlepschi
CompareLittle tinamou vs Tataupa tinamouLittle tinamou vs Brown tinamouLittle tinamou vs Undulated tinamouLittle tinamou vs Thicket tinamou
Common questions
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How big is the little tinamou?
An adult little tinamou weighs 197.6 g – 235 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the little tinamou endangered?
The little 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 little tinamou?
The little tinamou (Crypturellus soui) 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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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
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