Red-winged Tinamou Rhynchotus rufescens

Red-winged Tinamou, Serra da Canastra, Minas Gerais, Brazil, October 2022 - click for larger image Serra da Canastra, Minas Gerais, Brazil,
October 2022

The Red-winged Tinamou is distributed in central South America east of the Andes. See the distribution map at xeno-canto. It is found in marshes and grasslands as well as agricultural land.

It has a long neck and cinnamon-buff head, neck and breast. The back is brown with black and white scales.

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