Crypturellus variegatus

(J.F.Gmelin, 1789) · species

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Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Tinamiformes/Tinamidae/Crypturellus

At a glance

Occurrence records12 871

Data sources9

Biological traits24

DNA specimens3

eDNA detections3

Sources9 archives

Databases and archives Crypturellus variegatus's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation12 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility12 871 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI3 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics3 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

Paleobiology DatabasePBDB consortiumfossil record↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

IOC World Bird ListIOCbird checklist↗

On this page5 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources24 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF12 871 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 2 countries3 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD3 specimens

01Narrative

The variegated tinamou (Crypturellus variegatus) a type of tinamou commonly found in moist forest lowlands in subtropical and tropical regions of northern South America.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAmnioteDBEltonTraitsAVONET

Size & morphology13

Beak depth5 mm

Beak length (culmen)33.6 mm

Beak length (nares)13.7 mm

Beak width5.3 mm

Body mass383 g

Body mass (female)375 g

Body mass (male)363 g

Hand-wing index32.2

Kipp's distance50.1 mm

Secondary length106 mm

Tail length44.6 mm

Tarsus length41.1 mm

Wing length155 mm

Life cycle & reproduction3

Egg mass30.9 g

Incubation21 days

Litter size1

Diet & foraging4

Fruit100 %

Ground100 %

Trophic levelherbivore

Trophic nicheOmnivore

Habitat & environment4

HabitatForest

Migration1.0

Primary lifestyleTerrestrial

Range size5 436 850 km²

05DNA & barcoding3 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Crypturellus variegatus has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens3

BINs1

Marker genes1

eDNA detections3

Countries2

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

★COI-5P

animal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type12 871 records

Wild obs. + sensor12 739

Museum / vouchered132

Origin

Native27

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO8 360 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy14% within 1 km

≤100 m 11≤1 km 28≤10 km 225>10 km 12

276 georeferenced · 12 463 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor12 739

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy20% within 1 km

≤1 km 3≤10 km 8>10 km 4

15 georeferenced · 117 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence132

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions11 of 18 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Chicago, US	41
Louisiana State University, Museum of Zoologylocation not on record	19
Museu Nacional/Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeirolocation not on record	15
INMAlocation not on record	14
Philadelphia, US	10
Cambridge, US	6
New Haven, US	4
Geneva, CH	4
Washington, US	3
Ann Arbor, US	3
Ohio State University - Bird Division, Columbus, OH (OSUM)location not on record	2
Los Angeles, US	2
Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record	1
Toronto, CA	1
Universidade Federal de Minas Geraislocation not on record	1
Brussels, BE	1
RBINS-Scientific Heritagelocation not on record	1
Copenhagen, DK	1

18 institutions · 129 of 132 vouchered records shown · 3 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA3 detections

Where the DNA of Crypturellus variegatus was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found3

Studies independent surveys1

Countries2

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 3 detections have coordinates

Open the map2 countries0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median25.2 °C 23.1–25.8

Seasonal swing summer↔winter2.30 °C

Max temp (day)29.7 °C 26.2–30.5

Min temp (night)22.1 °C 20.1–22.2

Precipitation105 mm/mo 64.4–131

Air humidity64.2 % 63.0–65.9

Moisture balance-30.9 mm/mo -44.1–2.90

Vapour deficit1,132 Pa 1,005–1,187

Wind speed1.40 m/s 1.10–1.50

Cloud cover39.5 % 32.1–47.1

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 3 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

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Crypturellus variegatus

At a glance

Sources9 archives

Size & morphology13

Life cycle & reproduction3

Diet & foraging4

Habitat & environment4

At a glance

Record type12 871 records

Origin

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions11 of 18 geolocated

Signal

Where its DNA was found

How strong is each trace?

Modelled climatemodelled

Record type12 871 records