Tinamiformes / Tinamidae / Tinamus

Great Tinamou

Tinamus major

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

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

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

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Tinamus major brunneiventris

south-central Panama
Tinamus major castaneiceps

southwestern Costa Rica and western Panama
Tinamus major fuscipennis

northern Nicaragua to Costa Rica and western Panama
Tinamus major latifrons

southwestern Colombia and western Ecuador
Tinamus major major

eastern Venezuela to the Guianas and northeastern Brazil
Tinamus major olivascens

Amazonian Brazil south of the Amazon River
Tinamus major percautus

southeastern Mexico (Yucatan Peninsula) to Petén of Guatemala and Belize
Tinamus major peruvianus

southeastern Colombia east of the Andes to Bolivia and far western Brazil
Tinamus major robustus

lowlands of southeastern Mexico to Guatemala and northern Nicaragua
Tinamus major saturatus

Pacific slope of eastern Panama and northwestern Colombia
Tinamus major serratus

far southern Venezuela and adjacent northwestern Brazil
Tinamus major zuliensis

tropical northeastern Colombia and western Venezuela

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

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.