Nothoprocta pentlandii
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The Andean tinamou (Nothoprocta pentlandii) is a tinamou, found commonly in high-altitude shrubland, in the Andes of South America. All tinamou are from the family Tinamidae, and in the larger scheme are also ratites. Unlike other ratites, tinamous can fly, although in general, they are not strong fliers. All ratites evolved from prehistoric flying birds, and tinamous are the closest living relative of these birds. Pentlandii is the Latin form of Pentland which commemorates the Irish Traveller Joseph Barclay Pentland.
The Andean tinamou has seven subspecies: N. p. pentlandii, the nominate race, occurs in the Andes of western Bolivia, northwestern Argentina, and extreme northern Chile. N. p. ambigua occurs in the Andes of southern Ecuador and northwestern Peru.
N. p. oustaleti occurs on the west slope of the Andes in central and southern Peru. N. p. doeringi occurs in the Sierras de Córdoba in San Luis and Córdoba Provinces, Argentina. N. p. mendozae occurs in the Andes of west central Argentina in Neuquén and Mendoza Provinces. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Cordoba | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report an Andean Tinamou sighting in Cordoba on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 170th most-seen of the 176 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report an Andean Tinamou in Cordoba on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 3 and 6 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Andean Tinamou sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Cordoba, in our data
Cordoba is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Andean Tinamou sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Andean Tinamou is recorded against all the birds logged in Cordoba (5 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
