Eudromia elegans
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In 3 days >90%
The elegant crested tinamou or martineta tinamou (Eudromia elegans) is a medium-sized tinamou that can be found in southern Chile and Argentina in Shrubland. The bird has an omnivorous diet. This species is terrestrial due to their poor flying ability.
The elegant-crested tinamou is a partridge-like shaped bird with rounded wings. The bird is an olive-brown color with the plumage being mainly black and white vermiculations. The bird has a long off-white stripe that starts above the eye and continues down the side of the neck. The beak is short, comes to a sharp upright point. The species legs and feet are short and strong, built for running. Both of those features have a whitish-grey coloring. The elegant-crested tinamou averages 39 to 41 cm (15–16 in) long. They can be found in flocks of about 5-10 birds, and are often detected by whistle calls.
The elegant crested tinamou avoids tall and dense grasses and very thick stands of brush. Ideal environments include dry arid grasslands, open thicket, dry savanna, exposed hills with outlying patches of bushes, and cultivated farmlands. This bird is found in higher elevations(2,500 m (8,200 ft)) and found all... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Península Valdés | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | National Zoological Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Copenhagen Zoo | 🇩🇰 Denmark | |
| 3 | Zoo Pilsen | 🇨🇿 Czechia | |
| 4 | San Diego Zoo Safari Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Toronto Zoo | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 6 | Bronx Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Chester Zoo | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 8 | Warsaw Zoo | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 9 | Saint Louis Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | Paignton Zoo | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 11 | Fort Worth Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 12 | Ueno Zoo | 🇯🇵 Japan | |
| 13 | Vogelpark Avifauna | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | |
| 14 | Zoo de Lourosa | 🇵🇹 Portugal | |
| 15 | Dallas World Aquarium | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 16 | herpetarium warszawskiego ZOO | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 17 | akwarium warszawskiego ZOO | 🇵🇱 Poland |
Very likely
About 70% of wildlife watchers report an Elegant Crested Tinamou sighting in Península Valdés on a given day, based on 492 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 9th most-seen of the 96 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October
In that month about 80% of wildlife watchers report an Elegant Crested Tinamou in Península Valdés on a given day, against about 40% in February, April–May and August, the lowest months. June and July have too few records to rate.
Between 3 and 6 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Elegant Crested 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 Península Valdés, in our data
Península Valdés is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Elegant Crested Tinamou sightings: about 70% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Elegant Crested Tinamou is recorded against all the birds logged in Península Valdés (492 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.
