Rhynchotus rufescens
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In 3 days <5% in a week ~10%
The red-winged tinamou (Rhynchotus rufescens) is a medium-sized ground-living bird from central and eastern South America. Other common names for the species include perdiz grande, rufous tinamou, and ynambu. The red-winged tinamou was formally described in 1815 by the Dutch zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck under the binomial name Tinamus rufescens. Temminck based his account on the "Ynambu-guazu" from Brazil that had been described in 1805 by the Spanish naturalist Félix de Azara. The type locality was restricted to São Paulo in Brazil by Carl Eduard Hellmayr in 1929. The specific epithet rufescens is Latin meaning "reddish". The red-winged tinamou is now placed with the huayco tinamou in the genus Rhynchotus that was introduced in 1825 by Johann Baptist von Spix. Its common name refers to the bright rufous primaries, which mainly are visible in flight.
Three subspecies are recognised: All tinamou are from the family Tinamidae, and in the larger... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Iberá National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 3 | Serra da Canastra National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | El Palmar National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 5 | Chapada Diamantina National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Chapada dos Guimarães National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 8 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santa Cruz de la Sierra | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 2 | Curitiba | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Campo Grande | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parque das Aves | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Temaikén | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 3 | Parque Zoobotânico Arruda Câmara (BICA) | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Granja los Pibes | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Red-winged Tinamou sighting in Iguazú National Park on a given day, based on 51 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 254th most-seen of the 343 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, and over a week to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Red-winged Tinamou in Iguazú National Park on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Red-winged 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.
7th of 8
Of the 8 parks where we can rate Red-winged Tinamou sightings, Iguazú National Park ranks 7th at under 5%. The best odds are in Emas National Park (Brazil, about 50%), Iberá National Park (Argentina, about 40%) and Serra da Canastra National Park (Brazil, about 30%). All parks ranked.
Same family: Tinamidae
The closest relatives of the Red-winged Tinamou that you can see in Iguazú National Park (family Tinamidae, Tinamous) are Brown Tinamou (about 10%) and Tataupá Tinamou (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Red-winged Tinamou is recorded against all the birds logged in Iguazú National Park (51 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
