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Variegated tinamou

Crypturellus variegatus (J. F. Gmelin, 1789)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The variegated tinamou (Crypturellus variegatus) is a species in the family Tinamidae, order Tinamiformes. Recorded adults weigh 335 g to 390 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Variegated tinamou (Crypturellus variegatus)
Photo: Marcos Massarioli · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the variegated tinamou

Weight
335 g – 390 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
21 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
1src 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 variegated tinamou live?

Not recorded

What is the variegated tinamou?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The variegated tinamou (Crypturellus variegatus) is a type of tinamou commonly found in moist forest lowlands in subtropical and tropical regions of northern South America.

From the Wikipedia article “Variegated tinamou” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Variegated_tinamou&oldid=1332212929), 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 variegated tinamou endangered?

The variegated 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 variegated tinamou classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderTinamiformes
  5. familyTinamidae
  6. genusCrypturellus
  7. SpeciesCrypturellus variegatus (J. F. Gmelin, 1789)

Synonyms Crypturellus variegatus transamazonicus, Crypturellus variegatus variegatus, Crypturus salvini, Orthocrypturus variegatus lakoi, Orthocrypturus variegatus superciliosus, Tetrao variegatus, Tinamus variegatus

Other names and names in other languages (34)
  • تنام مبرقشArabic
  • tinamú bigarratCatalan
  • tinama různobarváCzech
  • tinama pestrobarváCzech
  • tinamŵ amryliwWelsh
  • Sorthovedet TinamuDanish
  • RotbrusttinamuGerman
  • bunta tinamoEsperanto
  • Tinamú abigarradoSpanish
  • Perdiz AbigarradaSpanish
  • mustpea-metstinamuEstonian
  • punarintatinamiFinnish
  • Tinamou variéFrench
  • riđovrati tinamuCroatian
  • Tinamo variegatoItalian
  • ムネアカシギダチョウJapanese
  • rusvakrūtis tinamasLithuanian
  • Bonte TinamoeDutch
  • Bruinzwarte tinamoeDutch
  • rusthalstinamuNorwegian
  • kusacz pstryPolish
  • inambu-anhangáPortuguese
  • Inhambu-anhangaPortuguese
  • inhambu-anhangáPortuguese
  • tinamu-variegadoPortuguese
  • Красногрудый скрытохвостRussian
  • Красногрудый криптуреллусRussian
  • tinama pestráSlovak
  • Krupnopirgavi tinamuSerbian
  • broktinamoSwedish
  • Kara Başlı TinamuTurkish
  • татаупа амазонійськийUkrainian
  • 杂色穴䳍Chinese
  • 雜色穴(共鳥)Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataWoRMSIUCN Red List

Relatives of the variegated tinamou

Other species in the same genus Crypturellus.

LC, Least Concern

Brown tinamou

Crypturellus obsoletus

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the variegated tinamou?

An adult variegated tinamou weighs 335 g – 390 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the variegated tinamou endangered?

The variegated 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 variegated tinamou?

The variegated tinamou (Crypturellus variegatus) belongs to the family Tinamidae in the order Tinamiformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Variegated tinamou (Crypturellus variegatus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/variegated-tinamou

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BibTeX
@misc{variegated_tinamou_2026,
  title = {Variegated tinamou (Crypturellus variegatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/variegated-tinamou},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}