Red-winged tinamou
Rhynchotus rufescens (Temminck, 1815)
The red-winged tinamou (Rhynchotus rufescens) is a species in the family Tinamidae, order Tinamiformes. Recorded adults weigh 803 g to 886 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
Quick facts about the red-winged tinamou
- Weight
- 803 g – 886 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Omnivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- grasslandsrc for Habitat
- Egg incubation
- 21 dayssrc for Egg incubation
- Young per litter or clutch
- 2.2 – 8src for Young per litter or clutch
- Age at maturity
- 5 monthssrc for Age at maturity
- 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 red-winged tinamou live?
Not recorded
What is the red-winged tinamou?
The red-winged tinamou (Rhynchotus rufescens) is a medium-sized ground-living bird from central and eastern South America. Other common names for the species include perdiz grande, rufous tinamou, and ynambu.
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Is the red-winged tinamou endangered?
The red-winged 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-winged tinamou classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderTinamiformes
- familyTinamidae
- genusRhynchotus
- SpeciesRhynchotus rufescens (Temminck, 1815)
Synonyms Rynchotus rufescens, Tinamus rufescens
Other names and names in other languages (38)
- تنام أحمر الأجنحةArabic
- tinamú d'ales vermellosesCatalan
- tinama inambuCzech
- tinamŵ adeingochWelsh
- PampashøneDanish
- PampahuhnGerman
- Pampa-TinamuGerman
- Rotflügel-PampahuhnGerman
- RotflügelpampahuhnGerman
- RotflügeltinamuGerman
- ruĝflugila tinamoEsperanto
- MartinetaSpanish
- ColoradaSpanish
- Perdiz de Ala RojaSpanish
- Tinamú alirrojoSpanish
- pampatinamiFinnish
- Tinamou isabelleFrench
- Ynambu guasuGuarani
- pampatinamuHungarian
- GresjutínamúiIcelandic
- Tinamo alirosseItalian
- アカバネシギダチョウJapanese
- raudonsparnis tinamasLithuanian
- PampahoenDutch
- rødvingetinamuNorwegian
- kusacz rdzawoskrzydłyPolish
- inhambu-perdizPortuguese
- Inhambu-de-asa-vermelhaPortuguese
- PerdizPortuguese
- tinamu-d'asa-ruivaPortuguese
- Краснокрылый тинамуRussian
- inambu vlnkovanýSlovak
- Crvenokrili tinamuSerbian
- rostvingad tinamoSwedish
- Kırmızı Kanatlı TinamuTurkish
- інамбу рудошиїйUkrainian
- 红翅䳍Chinese
- 紅翅(共鳥)Chinese
Relatives of the red-winged tinamou
Other species in the same genus Rhynchotus.
Huayco tinamou
Rhynchotus maculicollis
CompareRed-winged tinamou vs Huayco tinamouRed-winged tinamou vs Rhynchotus fasciatus
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the red-winged tinamou?
An adult red-winged tinamou weighs 803 g – 886 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the red-winged tinamou endangered?
The red-winged 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-winged tinamou?
The red-winged tinamou (Rhynchotus rufescens) 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.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
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
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikimedia Commons · per file (CC0 / public domain / CC BY green, CC BY-SA amber, anything else not displayed) · 2026-11-11
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