![]() Blue-throated piping-guan, Pipile cumanensis.Sickle-winged guan, Chamaepetes goudotii.Fourteen species have been recorded in Ecuador. They are generally dull-plumaged, but the curassows and some guans have colorful facial ornaments. The guans and curassows live in trees, but the smaller chachalacas are found in more open scrubby habitats. The Cracidae are large birds, similar in general appearance to turkeys. Southern pochard, Netta erythrophthalma.Brazilian teal, Amazonetta brasiliensis (V).Black-bellied whistling-duck, Dendrocygna autumnalis.Fulvous whistling-duck, Dendrocygna bicolor.Twenty-one species have been recorded in Ecuador. These birds are adapted to an aquatic existence with webbed feet, flattened bills, and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to an oily coating. One species has been recorded in Ecuador.Īnatidae includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese and swans. They have large spurs on their wings which are used in fights over mates and in territorial disputes. They are large, bulky birds, with a small downy head, long legs, and large feet which are only partially webbed. The screamers are a small family of birds related to the ducks. Curve-billed tinamou, Nothoprocta curvirostris.Bartlett's tinamou, Crypturellus bartletti.Variegated tinamou, Crypturellus variegatus.Pale-browed tinamou, Crypturellus transfasciatus.Undulated tinamou, Crypturellus undulatus.Cinereous tinamou, Crypturellus cinereus.Berlepsch's tinamou, Crypturellus berlepschi.White-throated tinamou, Tinamus guttatus.Highland tinamou, Nothocercus bonapartei.Tawny-breasted tinamou, Nothocercus julius. ![]() ![]() Seventeen species have been recorded in Ecuador. They are distantly related to the ratites (order Struthioniformes), that includes the rheas, emu, and kiwis. Although they look similar to other ground-dwelling birds like quail and grouse, they have no close relatives and are classified as a single family, Tinamidae, within their own order, the Tinamiformes. The tinamous are one of the most ancient groups of bird.
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