Friday, 11 February 2011

Tinamous


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Description
Tinamous are slim and compact birds, with a little head and a little slim bill, that is down curving. The littlest kind, the Dwarf Tinamou, is about 43 g (1.5 oz) and 20 cm (7.9 in) lengthy. The biggest tinamou, the Old Tinamou, weighs 2.3 kg (5.1 lb) and measures up to 53 cm (21 in) lengthy. They have very little wings, but unlike extra ratites, they can fly, albeit weakly. They have three onward-facing toes, and their rear toe is higher and both retrogressed or missing. Their tail is little and at time uknown be rear coverts, and a few tinamous have crests. Also, unlike extra ratites, they have a clean gland. Plumage does not change among sexes, except a few that have brighter females.
Behavior
Tinamous are seldom seen, but often heard within their variety. They favor to walk or run and will fly seldom in risky situations. When they have pooped all extra techniques counting hitting in burrows, they may fly. Their technique is a flicker of wing-beats follow by a lengthy glide, follow by an extra split open of wing-beats. Although a few kind are quite common, they are shy and secretive. A little number of kind live in more open, green country, but even these are wary. Tinamous have a wide selection of calls, but one thing they have in common is their good looks.

Reproduction
Tinamous put more than a few eggs in a earth nest lined with grass and plants, and the male will incubate the eggs. He will go away the nest to give food to, and he may be spent from 45 minutes to 5 hours. Typically, the male will not cover up the eggs when he trees to feed, even however the eggs are not disguised. In most tinamou kind, the male is polygamous and the female is polyandrous. The eggs are delightfully painted in a only colour and have a hard polish like chinaware. The young are precocial, and can run just about as quickly as they give forth. Scientist believe that they are self-enough within 20 days.

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