page_title: Ornate tinamou
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Ornate tinamou / Description
caption_attribution_description: Nothoprocta ornata (G. R. Gr.) = Nothoprocta ornata (G.R.Gray, 1867) English: Ornate Tinamou
context_page_description: The ornate tinamou is a type of tinamou commonly found in the high altitude grassland and dry shrubland in subtropical and tropical regions of west central South America.
context_section_description: The ornate tinamou is approximately 32 cm (13 in) in length. Its upper parts are brownish-grey marked with black and buff, it is tawny-buff below with darker barring. Its head and neck are buff with prominent black spots, its bill is slender and curved, and its legs are either yellow or grey.
caption: Illustration by Joseph Smit, 1895
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