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Spotted nothura

Nothura maculosa (Temminck, 1815)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The spotted nothura (Nothura maculosa) is a species in the family Tinamidae, order Tinamiformes. Recorded adults weigh 234 g to 267.2 g and live up to 4 years. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Spotted nothura (Nothura maculosa)
Photo: Dario Sanches · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the spotted nothura

Weight
234 g – 267.2 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
4 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
grasslandsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
17 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
4.9 – 5.5src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
57 dayssrc 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

Photos of the spotted nothura

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Spotted nothura (Nothura maculosa)
Nortondefeis · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where does the spotted nothura live?

Not recorded

What is the spotted nothura?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The spotted nothura (Nothura maculosa) is a species of tinamou. This bird is native to grassy habitats in eastern and southern Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, Uruguay, and eastern and northern Argentina.

From the Wikipedia article “Spotted nothura” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Spotted_nothura&oldid=1377150267), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the spotted nothura endangered?

The spotted nothura 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

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 spotted nothura classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderTinamiformes
  5. familyTinamidae
  6. genusNothura
  7. SpeciesNothura maculosa (Temminck, 1815)

Synonyms Nothoprocta maculosa, Tinamus maculosa

Other names and names in other languages (38)
  • تنام منقطArabic
  • tinamú tacatCatalan
  • tinama skvrnitáCzech
  • nothwra brychWelsh
  • Plettet VagteltinamuDanish
  • FleckentinamuGerman
  • FleckensteißhuhnGerman
  • makula tinamoEsperanto
  • Tinamú manchadoSpanish
  • Inambú campestreSpanish
  • Inambú comúnSpanish
  • Perdiz chicaSpanish
  • nurm-triiptinamuEstonian
  • viirutinamiFinnish
  • Tinamou tachetéFrench
  • Ynambu'iGuarani
  • pjegavokrili tinamuCroatian
  • foltos tinamuHungarian
  • FlekkutínamúiIcelandic
  • Tinamo macchiatoItalian
  • マダラシギダチョウJapanese
  • dėmėtoji noturaLithuanian
  • Gevlekte NothuraDutch
  • flekktinamuNorwegian
  • kusacz kreskowanyPolish
  • tinamu-malhadoPortuguese
  • codorna-amarelaPortuguese
  • Codorna-do-campoPortuguese
  • PerdizPortuguese
  • Пятнистая нотураRussian
  • Пятнистый нотураRussian
  • inambu čiarkovýSlovak
  • Pegavi notura tinamuSerbian
  • fläckig tinamoSwedish
  • Benekli Notura TinamusuTurkish
  • нотура строкатийUkrainian
  • 斑拟䳍Chinese
  • 斑擬(共鳥)Chinese

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Relatives of the spotted nothura

Other species in the same genus Nothura.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the spotted nothura?

An adult spotted nothura weighs 234 g – 267.2 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the spotted nothura endangered?

The spotted nothura is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

How long does the spotted nothura live?

The spotted nothura has a recorded lifespan of 4 years.

What kind of animal is the spotted nothura?

The spotted nothura (Nothura maculosa) belongs to the family Tinamidae in the order Tinamiformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Spotted nothura (Nothura maculosa). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/spotted-nothura

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BibTeX
@misc{spotted_nothura_2026,
  title = {Spotted nothura (Nothura maculosa)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/spotted-nothura},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}