Huayco Tinamou

Taxobox
name = Huayco Tinamou
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Tinamiformes
familia = Tinamidae
genus = "Rhynchotus"
species = "R. maculicollis"
binomial = "Rhynchotus maculicollis"
binomial_authority = (G. R. Gray, 1867)

The Huayco Tinamou ("Rhynchotus maculicollis") is a type of Tinamou found on grassy mountain ridges from 1000 m to 3300 m altitude. This species is native to Bolivia and Argentina with an estimated global extent of occurrence of 114,000 km². The status of this species is evaluated as Least Concern by BirdLife International. Previously, it was considered a subspecies of the Red-winged Tinamou, but its head and neck are streaked and spotted black, and it has a different song.

References

* [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=31983&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet]