Family: Tinamidae (Tinamous)
Authority: Temminck, 1815
Red List Category
Based on a model of future deforestation in the Amazon basin, the species's sensitivity to habitat fragmentation and disturbance and its vulnerability to hunting, it is suspected that the population of this species will decline rapidly over the next three generations, and it is therefore classified as Vulnerable.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Species factsheet: Tinamus tao. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/grey-tinamou-tinamus-tao on 05/10/2023.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2023) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org on 05/10/2023.