Appearance
The Andean tinamou is approximately 27 cm in length. Its upper parts are greyish-brown to olive brown and barred with black and white. Its breast is grey and spotted with white or buff, its belly is buff or whitish and its crown is black, the sides of its head and throat are mottled grey, and its legs are yellow.Naming
The Andean Tinamou has seven subspecies as follows:⤷ "N. p. pentlandii", the nominate race, occurs in the Andes of western Bolivia, northwestern Argentina, and extreme northern Chile.
⤷ "N. p. ambigua" occurs in the Andes of southern Ecuador and northwestern Peru.
⤷ "N. p. oustaleti" occurs on the west slope of the Andes in central and southern Peru.
⤷ "N. p. niethammeri" occurs in coastal central Peru.
⤷ "N. p. fulvescens" occurs in the Andes of southeastern Peru.
⤷ "N. p. doeringi" occurs in the Sierras de Córdoba in San Luis and Córdoba Provinces, Argentina.
⤷ "N. p. mendozae" occurs in the Andes of west central Argentina in Neuquén and Mendoza Provinces.
Status
The IUCN classifies the Andean tinamou as Least Concern, with an occurrence range of 550,000 km2.Habitat
The Andean tinamou can be found in the Andes from southern Ecuador to central Chile, as well as in the Sierras de Córdoba in Argentina.It prefers subtropical and tropical shrubland at 800 to 4,100 m altitude.
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