Puna tinamou
Tinamotis pentlandii Vigors, 1837
The puna tinamou (Tinamotis pentlandii) is a species in the family Tinamidae, order Tinamiformes. Recorded adults weigh 650 g to 895 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
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Quick facts about the puna tinamou
- Weight
- 650 g – 895 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Omnivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- grasslandsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 5.3 – 5.5src 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
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Where does the puna tinamou live?
Not recorded
What is the puna tinamou?
The puna tinamou (Tinamotis pentlandii), also known as Pentland's tinamou, is a member of the tinamou family. This species is native to the Andes Mountains in South America. The binomial name of the species commemorates the Irish natural scientist Joseph Barclay Pentland (1797–1873) by Nicholas Aylward Vigors in 1837. The IUCN list this species as Least Concern, with an occurrence range of 590,000 km2 (230,000 sq mi).
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Is the puna tinamou endangered?
The puna 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
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How is the puna tinamou classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderTinamiformes
- familyTinamidae
- genusTinamotis
- SpeciesTinamotis pentlandii Vigors, 1837
Other names and names in other languages (31)
- تنام بوناArabic
- tinamú de la PunaCatalan
- tinama náhorníCzech
- tinamŵ pwnaWelsh
- PunatinamuGerman
- Puna-SteißhuhnGerman
- PunasteißhuhnGerman
- punaa tinamoEsperanto
- Kiula andinaSpanish
- Perdiz de la PunaSpanish
- Quiula puneñaSpanish
- puunatinamuEstonian
- punantinamiFinnish
- Tinamou quioulaFrench
- Tinamo della punaItalian
- ミツユビシギダチョウJapanese
- paprastasis tinamasLithuanian
- PunatinamoeDutch
- kusoń andyjskiPolish
- qiúla-andinaPortuguese
- quiúla-andinaPortuguese
- tinamu-da-punaPortuguese
- Тинаму пуныRussian
- Горно-степной тинамуRussian
- inambu veľkýSlovak
- Punski tinamuSerbian
- punatinamoSwedish
- Puna TinamusuTurkish
- інамбу червоногузийUkrainian
- 北山䳍Chinese
- 普納高原(共鳥)Chinese
Relatives of the puna tinamou
Other species in the same genus Tinamotis.
Patagonian tinamou
Tinamotis ingoufi
Common questions
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How big is the puna tinamou?
An adult puna tinamou weighs 650 g – 895 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the puna tinamou endangered?
The puna 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 puna tinamou?
The puna tinamou (Tinamotis pentlandii) 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
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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