Small-billed tinamou

Weight

180 g – 220 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

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

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Not recorded

The small-billed 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

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1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classAves
4. orderTinamiformes
5. familyTinamidae
6. genusCrypturellus
7. SpeciesCrypturellus parvirostris (Wagler, 1827)

Synonyms Crypturus parvirostris, Orthocrypturus parvirostris fuscus, Orthocrypturus parvirostris superciliaris

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

LC, Least Concern

Little tinamou

Crypturellus soui

Tinamidae

LC, Least Concern

Tataupa tinamou

Crypturellus tataupa

Tinamidae

LC, Least Concern

B

Brown tinamou

Crypturellus obsoletus

TinamidaeNo free photo yet

LC, Least Concern

U

Undulated tinamou

Crypturellus undulatus

TinamidaeNo free photo yet

LC, Least Concern

Thicket tinamou

Crypturellus cinnamomeus

Tinamidae

LC, Least Concern

Variegated tinamou

Crypturellus variegatus

Tinamidae

CompareSmall-billed tinamou vs Little tinamouSmall-billed tinamou vs Tataupa tinamouSmall-billed tinamou vs Brown tinamouSmall-billed tinamou vs Undulated tinamou

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@misc{small_billed_tinamou_2026,
  title = {Small-billed tinamou (Crypturellus parvirostris)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/small-billed-tinamou},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}