Nothoprocta ornata
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In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%
The ornate tinamou (Nothoprocta ornata) is a type of tinamou commonly found in the high altitude grassland and dry shrubland in subtropical and tropical regions of west central South America. Nothoprocta comes from two Greek words, nothos meaning spurious or counterfeit and prōktos meaning hindpart or tail. Experts are unsure, however, they believe that this refers to the hidden tail of this Genus behind body feathers.
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.
Kalinowski's tinamou Nothoprocta kalinowskii was considered a separate species but further research has deemed it a junior synonym of Nothoprocta ornata branickii, and the SACC voted to do just that on 14 Feb 2007. The ornate tinamou has three subspecies as follows: N. o. ornata The nominate race occurs in the Andes of southeastern Peru, extreme northern Chile and western Bolivia
N. o. branickii occurs in the puna of central Peru; Ancash... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lauca National Park | 🇨🇱 Chile |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zoológico de Oruro | 🇧🇴 Bolivia |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report an Ornate Tinamou sighting in Lauca National Park on a given day, based on 247 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 46th most-seen of the 112 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report an Ornate Tinamou in Lauca National Park on a given day, against about 20% in February–May and September, the lowest months. That is one of Lauca National Park's wettest months, with about 150 mm of rain against almost none in May.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Ornate 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 Lauca National Park, in our data
Lauca National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Ornate Tinamou sightings: about 30% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Ornate Tinamou is recorded against all the birds logged in Lauca National Park (247 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.
