📸 PhotoPhoto: Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons Source
Chilean Tinamou
Nothoprocta perdicaria (Chilean Tinamou · チリーシギダチョウ)
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 In Chile, it is called by the Spanish word for partridge, 'perdiz,' as people consider it similar to quails and partridges (Birds of the World).
- 💡 Living in orchards, farmlands, and wheat and canola fields, it is frequently encountered along rural roadsides in the morning and evening (Birds of the World, eBird).
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
📖 1. Overview
The Chilean Tinamou is a tinamou endemic to Chile and the only widespread tinamou ranging from central Chile to the southern Lake District.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
It has a chicken-like body with inconspicuous plumage patterns, and individuals living in the humid south are darker than those in the dry north.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
Often seen alone or in small groups along roadsides in the morning and evening, it flushes suddenly from the ground with sharp whistles when startled. Males announce their territory with a loud two-note whistle.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
No direct record connecting this species to Korea has been found.
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List LC (2018) — https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22678265/132048936
- • IUCN Red List category LC — latest assessment at iucnredlist.org
- • doi.org — avilist.v2026
- • iucnredlist.org — 132048936
- • wikidata.org — Q860730
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Nothoprocta perdicaria - Jan Ebr and Ivana Ebrová - 527
- • birdsoftheworld.org — introduction
- • ebird.org — chitin1
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — J. N. Wiegers · CC BY 4.0 (Related taxon silhouette — Crypturellus variegatus)
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.