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Undulated tinamou

Crypturellus undulatus (Temminck, 1815)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The undulated tinamou (Crypturellus undulatus) is a species in the family Tinamidae, order Tinamiformes. Recorded adults weigh 513 g to 621 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

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Quick facts about the undulated tinamou

Weight
513 g – 621 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc 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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Where does the undulated tinamou live?

Not recorded

What is the undulated tinamou?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The undulated tinamou (Crypturellus undulatus) is a species of ground bird found in a wide range of wooded habitats in eastern and northern South America.

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Is the undulated tinamou endangered?

The undulated 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

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 undulated tinamou classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderTinamiformes
  5. familyTinamidae
  6. genusCrypturellus
  7. SpeciesCrypturellus undulatus (Temminck, 1815)

Synonyms Tinamus undulatus

Other names and names in other languages (35)
  • تنام متموجArabic
  • tinamú ondulatCatalan
  • tinama vlnkovanáCzech
  • tinamŵ tonnogWelsh
  • BølgetinamuDanish
  • WellentinamuGerman
  • ondeta tinamoEsperanto
  • Tinamú ondeadoSpanish
  • Perdiz OnduladaSpanish
  • Tataupá listadoSpanish
  • Tinamú onduladoSpanish
  • vile-metstinamuEstonian
  • huhuilijatinamiFinnish
  • Tinamou vermiculéFrench
  • Ynambu kogoeGuarani
  • prugasti tinamuCroatian
  • hullámos tinamuHungarian
  • Tinamo vermicolatoItalian
  • シロハラシギダチョウJapanese
  • raibasis tinamasLithuanian
  • MarmertinamoeDutch
  • amazontinamuNorwegian
  • kusacz falistyPolish
  • JaóPortuguese
  • jaó-vermiculadoPortuguese
  • tinamu-onduladoPortuguese
  • Волнистый скрытохвостRussian
  • Полосатый криптуреллусRussian
  • Sitnopirgavi tinamuSerbian
  • amazontinamoSwedish
  • InambutinamoSwedish
  • Yazılı TinamuTurkish
  • татаупа блідийUkrainian
  • 波斑穴䳍Chinese
  • 波斑穴(共鳥)Chinese

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Relatives of the undulated tinamou

Other species in the same genus Crypturellus.

LC, Least Concern

Brown tinamou

Crypturellus obsoletus

TinamidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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How big is the undulated tinamou?

An adult undulated tinamou weighs 513 g – 621 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the undulated tinamou endangered?

The undulated 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 undulated tinamou?

The undulated tinamou (Crypturellus undulatus) belongs to the family Tinamidae in the order Tinamiformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Undulated tinamou (Crypturellus undulatus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/undulated-tinamou

MLA

“Undulated tinamou (Crypturellus undulatus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/undulated-tinamou.

BibTeX
@misc{undulated_tinamou_2026,
  title = {Undulated tinamou (Crypturellus undulatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/undulated-tinamou},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}