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Small-billed Tinamou
Crypturellus parvirostris | Wagler, 1827

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Characterization: Small to medium-size species measuring about 21cm in length. The color of its feathers varies from gray to pale red. It takes flight only as a last resort, which is heavy and straight. 

Distribution: In Brazil, it occurs south of Amazonas, from Pará to the northeast, southeast, south and Midwest. Abroad it can be found in Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Argentina.

Habitat: Dirty fields, savanna, and plantations.

Habits: A diurnal and terrestrial species, it does not use its fingers to grip, not even on finer perches, balancing itself using its body weight. When threatened, they play dead.

Diet: Essentially frugivorous, feeding on berries, fallen fruits, leaves, hard seeds, and also on small arthropods.

Breeding: This bird lays its eggs in a cavity on the ground, near a clump of grass.

In the UFRA area: This bird had a medium distribution in the studied habitats, being found in organic sugarcane fields, exotic woods, in restored native forests, mixed forests in regeneration, and in drainage ditches. It is considered infrequent, as it was spotted only 13 times.