Highland Tinamou

Nothocercus bonapartei

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Tinamiformes
Family
Tinamidae
Genus
Nothocercus
eBird Code
higtin1

Subspecies (5)

  • Nothocercus bonapartei bonapartei

    central and eastern Andes of Colombia and western Venezuela

  • Nothocercus bonapartei discrepans

    base of eastern Andes of Colombia (Tolima and Meta)

  • Nothocercus bonapartei frantzii

    highlands of Costa Rica and western Panama

  • Nothocercus bonapartei intercedens

    western Andes of Colombia

  • Nothocercus bonapartei plumbeiceps

    Andes of eastern Ecuador to far northern Peru

Data Sources

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.