Great Tinamou

Tinamus major

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Tinamiformes
Family
Tinamidae
Genus
Tinamus
eBird Code
gretin1

Vocalizations

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Subspecies (12)

  • 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

Data Sources

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

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.