Elegant Crested Tinamou

Eudromia elegans

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Tinamiformes
Family
Tinamidae
Genus
Eudromia
eBird Code
elctin1

Vocalizations

Jose Luis Navarro · CC_BY_4_0

Subspecies (10)

  • Eudromia elegans albida

    dry savanna of western Argentina (San Juan)

  • Eudromia elegans devia

    southwestern Argentina at base of Andes (Neuquén)

  • Eudromia elegans elegans

    central Argentina (Río Negro and Neuquén)

  • Eudromia elegans intermedia

    Andes of northwestern Argentina (Salta to Catamarca)

  • Eudromia elegans magnistriata

    Andes of northwestern Argentina (Tucumán and northern Córdoba)

  • Eudromia elegans multiguttata

    dry grassland of east-central Argentina

  • Eudromia elegans numida

    dry grassland of central Argentina

  • Eudromia elegans patagonica

    southern Argentina (Neuquén to Santa Cruz) and adjacent southern Chile

  • Eudromia elegans riojana

    Andes of west-central Argentina (La Rioja and San Juan)

  • Eudromia elegans wetmorei

    Andean foothills in western Argentina (north-central Mendoza)

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.