Red-legged tinamou
Crypturellus erythropus (Pelzeln, 1863)
The red-legged tinamou (Crypturellus erythropus) is a species in the family Tinamidae, order Tinamiformes. Recorded adults weigh about 485 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
Quick facts about the red-legged tinamou
- Weight
- 485 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Omnivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- shrublandsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 3src 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
Where does the red-legged tinamou live?
Not recorded
What is the red-legged tinamou?
The red-legged tinamou or red-footed tinamou, (Crypturellus erythropus) is a ground-dwelling bird found in the tropics and lower subtropics of northern South America.
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Is the red-legged tinamou endangered?
The red-legged 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 red-legged tinamou classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderTinamiformes
- familyTinamidae
- genusCrypturellus
- SpeciesCrypturellus erythropus (Pelzeln, 1863)
Synonyms Crypturellus erythrops, Tinamus erythropus
Other names and names in other languages (32)
- تنام أحمر الأرجلArabic
- tinamú cama-roigCatalan
- tinama rudonoháCzech
- tinamŵ coesgochWelsh
- Rødbenet TinamuDanish
- RotfußtinamuGerman
- ruĝkrura tinamoEsperanto
- Tinamú patirrojoSpanish
- perdiz de patas rojasSpanish
- punajalg-metstinamuEstonian
- punajalkatinamiFinnish
- Tinamou à pieds rougesFrench
- Tinamo zamperosseItalian
- アカアシシギダチョウJapanese
- raudonkojis tinamasLithuanian
- RoodpoottinamoeDutch
- rødbeintinamuNorwegian
- kusacz czerwononogiPolish
- inambu-de-perna-vermelhaPortuguese
- Inhambu-de-perna-vermelhaPortuguese
- inhambu-de-pernas-vermelhasPortuguese
- tinamu-de-patas-vermelhasPortuguese
- Красноногий скрытохвостRussian
- Красноногий криптуреллюсRussian
- tinama červenonoháSlovak
- Crvenonogi tinamuSerbian
- rödbent tinamoSwedish
- Rödfotad tinamoSwedish
- Kırmızı Ayaklı TinamuTurkish
- татаупа червононогийUkrainian
- 红脚穴䳍Chinese
- 紅足穴(共鳥)Chinese
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Relatives of the red-legged 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
CompareRed-legged tinamou vs Little tinamouRed-legged tinamou vs Tataupa tinamouRed-legged tinamou vs Brown tinamouRed-legged tinamou vs Undulated tinamou
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the red-legged tinamou?
An adult red-legged tinamou weighs 485 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the red-legged tinamou endangered?
The red-legged 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 red-legged tinamou?
The red-legged tinamou (Crypturellus erythropus) 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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