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red-winged tinamou
bird
Also known as: Rhynchotus rufescens
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eating habits
- In tinamou: Habitat selection and food habits
In summer the red-winged tinamou (Rhynchotus rufescens), for example, eats mainly animal material—largely insects, but its mouth is large enough to swallow mice. In the stomach of one bird 707 termites were counted. In winter the red-winged tinamou shifts to vegetation. It occasionally becomes a pest in agricultural…
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