Andean Tinamou

Nothoprocta pentlandii

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Tinamiformes
Family
Tinamidae
Genus
Nothoprocta
eBird Code
andtin1

Vocalizations

RAP · CC_BY_4_0
RAP · CC_BY_4_0

Subspecies (8)

  • Nothoprocta pentlandii ambigua

    Andes of southern Ecuador and northwestern Peru

  • Nothoprocta pentlandii doeringi

    mountains of central Argentina (San Luis and Córdoba)

  • Nothoprocta pentlandii fulvescens

    Andes of southeastern Peru

  • Nothoprocta pentlandii mendozae

    mountains of west-central Argentina (northern Neuquén and Mendoza)

  • Nothoprocta pentlandii niethammeri

    coastal central Peru

  • Nothoprocta pentlandii oustaleti

    west slope of Andes of central and southern Peru

  • Nothoprocta pentlandii patriciae

    Andes of northwestern Argentina (western Salta)

  • Nothoprocta pentlandii pentlandii

    Andes of western Bolivia, far northern Chile (Arica; no recent records), and northwestern Argentina (southward to La Rioja and Santiago del Estero, except for western Salta)

Data Sources

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

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.