The first part of the Latin name translates to "small hidden tailed" and the second part means "wave-like markings". Sometimes the latin names do make sense. I have four Tinamou species on my life list but so far this is the only species I have seen much less photographed! We actually saw several on my trip to the Pantanal and surrounding areas in Brazil. This one was trained to come in to seed. It was quite shy and we were instructed to stand stock still before it would finally come out into the open. Tinamous have very loud and their haunting songs travel very far so its easy to add heard-only birds to your list but good luck in seeing them.
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