Huayco tinamou
Huayco tinamou (Rhynchotus maculicollis)
- Also known as waypu in Quechua. Other spellings include guaipo, huaipo, guaypo, and waypo. It was once thought to be a subspecies of the red-winged tinamou but is now treated as its own species.
- Where it lives: grassy mountain ridges in the Andes of Bolivia and Argentina, from about 1,000 to 3,000 meters (3,300–9,800 feet) above sea level. It likes semi-arid scrub and cereal fields.
- Appearance: it has a black-streaked and spotted head and neck.
- Diet: mainly fruit found on the ground or in low bushes; it also eats small invertebrates, flower buds, tender leaves, seeds, and roots.
- Behavior and reproduction: the male incubates eggs from different females and raises the chicks. The nest is on the ground, in dense brush or between raised root buttresses.
- Range and status: found in northwestern Argentina and Bolivia, covering about 114,000 square kilometers (44,000 square miles). The IUCN lists it as Least Concern.
- Taxonomy: Kingdom Animalia; Phylum Chordata; Class Aves; Infraclass Palaeognathae; Order Tinamiformes; Family Tinamidae; Genus Rhynchotus; Species maculicollis. Binomial name Rhynchotus maculicollis, described by G.R. Gray in 1867. Synonym: Rhynchotis maculicollis.
This page was last edited on 2 February 2026, at 16:15 (CET).