The most characteristic pampean birds are the tinamous -- called partridges in the vernacular -- the rufous tinamou, large as a fowl, and the spotted tinamou, which is about the size of the English partridge.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Naturalist in La Plata] Reference

One species, the great tinamou (Tinamus major), has been called.    From Wordnik.com.  [5 Chicken] Reference

A few species that are endemic include the Chiribiquete emerald (Chlorostilbon olivaresi) and grey-legged tinamou (Crypturellus duidae), and tamarin (Saguinus inustus).    From Wordnik.com.  [Caqueta moist forests] Reference

It was for this same reason that the tinamou and quail and other ground-nesting birds escaped the keen noses of the foxes, otherwise they would have been exterminated long ago.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Black Phantom] Reference

They include the harpy eagle Harpia harpyja, the largest raptor in South America, the savanna hawk Buteogallus meridionalis, the jabiru Jabiru mycteria, a large water bird; and the great tinamou, Tinamus major a large land bird.    From Wordnik.com.  [Canaima National Park, Venezuela] Reference

The small tinamou has nothing that can be called a tail.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wanderings in South America] Reference

On the face of it, the great tinamou is the stupidest bird on the planet.    From Wordnik.com.  [New Scientist - Online News] Reference

There is something remarkable in the great tinamou which I suspect has hitherto escaped notice.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wanderings in South America] Reference

It lives on the ground in forests rife with predators, so why does the great tinamou lay bright turquoise eggs?.    From Wordnik.com.  [New Scientist - Online News] Reference

Around 75 per cent of tinamou eggs wind up as something's lunch, a rather high loss even for a tropical bird, which.    From Wordnik.com.  [New Scientist - Online News] Reference

The perdiz is a member of the tinamou family, with 47 species found from northern Mexico to Tierra del Fuego, South America.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

At the close of day the great tinamou gives a loud, monotonous, plaintive whistle, and then immediately springs into the tree.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wanderings in South America] Reference

We also went tinamou, or partridge, catching, and sometimes we had sham fights with lances, or long canes with which we supplied the others.    From Wordnik.com.  [Far Away and Long Ago] Reference

The death-feigning instinct is possessed in a very marked degree by the spotted tinamou or common partridge of the pampas (Nothura maculosa).    From Wordnik.com.  [The Naturalist in La Plata] Reference

Almost the only game eaten was ostrich, armadillo, and tinamou (the partridge of the country), which the boys could catch by snaring or running them down.    From Wordnik.com.  [Far Away and Long Ago] Reference

About the same hour, and sometimes even at midnight, you hear two species of maam, or tinamou, send forth their long and plaintive whistle from the depth of the forest.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wanderings in South America] Reference

The foot of this bird is very small in proportion, but the back part of the leg bears no resemblance to that of the larger tinamou; hence one might conclude that it sleeps upon the ground.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wanderings in South America] Reference

Every now and then the maam or tinamou sends forth one long and plaintive whistle from the depth of the forest, and then stops; whilst the yelping of the toucan and the shrill voice of the bird called pi-pi-yo is heard during the interval.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wanderings in South America] Reference

The tinamou is excessively timid, and sometimes when birds of this species are chased -- for gaucho boys frequently run them down on horseback -- and when they find no burrows or thickets to escape into, they actually drop down dead on the plain.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Naturalist in La Plata] Reference

And with the rhea go the flamingo, antique and splendid; and the swans in their bridal plumage; and the rufous tinamou -- sweet and mournful melodist of the eventide; and the noble crested screamer, that clarion-voiced watch-bird of the night in the wilderness.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Naturalist in La Plata] Reference

The Andean tinamou (Nothoprocta pentlandii), Andean condor (Vultur gryphus), olive-crowned crescentchest (Melanopareia maximiliani), cliff flycatcher (Hirundinea ferruginea), stripe-capped sparrow (Aimophila strigiceps) and black and rufous warbling finch (Poospiza nigrorufa) are just a few of the many bird species found in this ecoregion.    From Wordnik.com.  [Córdoba montane savanna] Reference

Between the two areas there are at least 60 restricted range species including the Chocó tinamou (VU) (Crypturellus kerriae), Baudó oropendola (EN) (Psarocolius cassini), viridian dacnis (Dacnis viguieri), crested ant-tanager (Habia cristata), Lita woodpecker (Piculus litea), and plumbeous forest-falcon (EN) (Micrastur plumbeus) just to name a few.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chocó-Darién moist forests] Reference

Among birds, we can mention the lesser rhea (Pterocnemia pennata), Patagonian tinamou (Tinamotis ingoufi), grey eagle-buzzard (Geranoaetus melanoleucus), peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), band-winged nightjar (Caprimulgus longirostris), lesser canastero (Asthenes pyrrholeuca), Patagonia mockingbird (Mimus patagónicus), Patagonian yellow-finch (Sicalis lebruni) just to name a few.    From Wordnik.com.  [Patagonian steppe] Reference

There are numerous birds in the ecoregion, some of them are the Lesser rhea (Pterocnemia pennata), the Patagonian tinamou (Tinamotis ingoufi), the Black-chested buzzard-eagle (Geranoaetus melanoleucus), the Peregrine (Falco peregrinus), the Band-winged nightjar (Caprimulgus longirostris), the Patagonian mockingbird (Mimus patagónicus), and the Patagonian yellowfinch (Sicalis lebruni).    From Wordnik.com.  [Patagonian grasslands] Reference

None of the Galibi loanwords is what could be termed widely known, even to crossword puzzle fans, e.g., cabassou, carapa, courlan, parinari, peai, pipa, pirai, querimana, tamarin, and tinamou.    From Wordnik.com.  [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IX No 3] Reference

Animals I can remember seeing: African elephants, Masai giraffes, dromedaries, Cape hunting dogs, a snow leopard, moon bears, a red panda, flamingos, grey-crowned cranes, a two-toed sloth, a Brazilian prehensile-tailed porcupine, harbour seals, Humboldt penguins, kangaroos, emus, a red wolf, emerald tree boas, some beautiful examples of Australian snake-necked turtles, a crested quail dove, elegant crested tinamou, gibbons, carpet pythons and green tree pythons, Barbary sheep, a babirusa, fruit bats, a giant anteater ... and, well, various others.    From Wordnik.com.  [Airborne Toxic Event + People in Airplanes] Reference

Other important species include the following: lesser mara (Pediolagus salinicola), giant tuco-tuco (Ctenomys conoveri); greater rhea (Rhea americana), brushland tinamou (Nothoprocta cinerascens), chaco chachalaca (Ortalis canicollis), black-legged serieman (Chunga burmeisteri), chaco blue-fronted amazon (Amazona aestiva), picui Ground Dove (Columbina picui), Guira Cuckoo (Guira guira), Little Thornbird (Phacellodomus sibilatrix), many-colored chaco finch (Saltaitricula multicolor); paraguayan caiman (Caiman yacare), southern boa (Boa constrictor occidentalis), false water cobra (Hydronastes gigas), horned frog (Ceratophrys sp.), argentine walking frog (Phyllomedusa sauvageii).    From Wordnik.com.  [Chaco] Reference

Distinctive species include the following, plants: Caryocar brasiliense, Qualea grandiflora, Byrsonima coccolobifolia, and Tabebuia ochracea; birds: lesser nothura (Nothura minor), dwarf tinamou (Taoniscus nanus), blue-eyed ground-dove (Columbina cyanopis), white-winged nightjar (Caprimulgus candicans), Brasília tapaculo (Scytalopus novacapitalis), and cinereous warbling-finch (Poospiza cinerea); mammals: the candango mouse (Juscelinomys candango), cerrado mouse (Thalpomys cerradensis), Lindbergh's grass mouse (Akodon lindberghi), pygmy short-tailed opossum (Monodelphis kunsi), giant armadillo (Priodontes naximus), and the maned wolf (Chrysoicyon brachyurus); and lizards: Tropidurus itambere, Tropidurus oreadicus, and Tupinambis duseni.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cerrado] Reference

The Pantepui avifauna is rich, with 628 species, 41 species being endemic including the tepui tinamou Crypturellus ptaritepui which is known only from two tepuis, fiery-shouldered parakeet Pyrrhura egregia, tepui parrotlets Nannopsittaca panychlora, Roraiman nightjars Caprimulgus whitelyi, tepui swifts, rufous-breasted sabrewings Campylopterus hyperythrus, buff-breasted sabrewings C. duidae, peacock coquettes Lophornis pavoninus, velvet-browed brilliants Heliodoxa xanthogonys, tepui goldenthroats Polytmus milleri, white-throated foliage-gleaners Automolus roraimae, tepui antpittas Myrmothera simplex, red-banded fruiteaters Pipreola whitelyi, three manakins Pipra cornutai, P. pipra, and Chloropipo uniformis among many others (Sears, 2001b).    From Wordnik.com.  [Canaima National Park, Venezuela] Reference

These birds include the plain-tailed warbling-finch (Poospiza alticola), and rufous-breasted warbling-finch (Poospiza rubecula) classified as endangered; Taczanowski's tinamou (Nothoprocta tacaznowskii), and white-cheeked cotinga (Zaratornis stresemanni) classified as vulnerable; Kalinowski's tinamou (Nothoprocta kalinowskii), and white-browed tit-spinetail (Leptasthenura xenothorax), classified as critical; rufous-eared brush-finch (Atlapetes rufigenis) classified as near-threatened; white-tufted sunbeam (Aglaeactis castelnaudii), bearded mountaineer, (Oreonympha nobilis), striated earthcreeper (Upucerthia serrana), rusty-fronted canastero (Asthenes ottonis), rusty-bellied brush-finch (Atlapetes nationi), chesnut-breasted mountain-finch (Poospiza caesar), and brown-flanked tanager (Thlypopsis pectoralis), classified as least concern status species.    From Wordnik.com.  [Central Andean wet puna] Reference