03/08/2008;
Reserva Ecológica Mãe-da-Lua,
Itapajé, Ceará, Brazil.
300 mm f2.8 lens.
Figure 1.
Hellmayr 1929
recognized only one race of the Tataupa Tinamou in Brazil,
Microcrypturus tataupa tataupa, with a range
extending from Piaui and Ceará south to São Paulo and
Mato Grosso (p. 477-478).
Other authors identified two subspecies in Brazil. The local form would be Crypturellus tataupa lepidotus SWAINSON, 1837, and its range would be limited to northeastern Brazil (Blake 1977, Cabot 1992).
The bird on the photo appears to have a bill with a dark tip. But I am not certain whether this reflects the true color of the bill; maybe, the tip is only tainted with earth or mud, from foraging on the ground.
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03/08/2008;
Reserva Ecológica Mãe-da-Lua,
Itapajé, Ceará, Brazil.
300 mm f2.8 lens.
mark for vim
Figure 2. This photograph was taken in poor light. At least in this condition, the legs appear to be dark grey. The individual is the same as the one shown in figure 1.
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