Little Tinamou

Crypturellus soui

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Tinamiformes
Family
Tinamidae
Genus
Crypturellus
eBird Code
littin1

Subspecies (14)

  • Crypturellus soui albigularis

    northern and eastern Brazil south of the Amazon River and southward to Rio de Janeiro

  • Crypturellus soui andrei

    coastal northern Venezuela (Falcón to Monagas) and Trinidad

  • Crypturellus soui capnodes

    humid lowlands of northwestern Panama

  • Crypturellus soui caquetae

    southeastern Colombia (Meta to Caquetá)

  • Crypturellus soui caucae

    Magdalena Valley of north-central Colombia

  • Crypturellus soui harterti

    Pacific slope of Colombia and Ecuador

  • Crypturellus soui inconspicuus

    central and eastern Peru and northern Bolivia

  • Crypturellus soui meserythrus

    tropical southern Mexico to Belize, Honduras, and southeastern Nicaragua

  • Crypturellus soui modestus

    Costa Rica and western Panama

  • Crypturellus soui mustelinus

    northeastern Colombia and far northwestern Venezuela

  • Crypturellus soui nigriceps

    tropical eastern Ecuador and northeastern Peru

  • Crypturellus soui panamensis

    Pacific and Caribbean slopes of Panama

  • Crypturellus soui poliocephalus

    Pacific slope of Panama (Veraguas to Canal Zone)

  • Crypturellus soui soui

    eastern Colombia to the Guianas and northeastern Brazil

Data Sources

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.