Great Tinamou Tinamus major

Order: Tinamiformes
Family: Tinamidae
Polytypic: 12 subspecies
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Sounds and Vocal Behavior

Vocalizations

It emits a loud and distinctive sound, with some pairs of trills and whistles, usually 1 to 4 notes: whi hoooor-ooo hooor-ooo hooor-ooo or whoo hoo-hoo hoo ooohr-ooo ooohr-ooo, etc.

Nonvocal Sounds

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Recommended Citation

Great Tinamou (Tinamus major), In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. retrieved from Neotropical Birds Online: https://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/Species-Account/nb/species/gretin1