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{{Taxobox
| name = Tepui Tinamou
| status = LC 
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name = "IUCN">IUCN (2009)</ref>
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]
| classis = [[bird|Aves]]
| ordo = [[Tinamiformes]]
| familia = [[Tinamidae]]
| subfamilia = [[Tinaminae]]
| genus = ''[[Crypturellus]]''
| species = '''''C. ptaritepui'''''
| binomial = ''Crypturellus ptaritepui''
| binomial_authority = ([[John Todd Zimmer|Zimmer]] & [[William H. Phelps|Phelps]], 1945)<ref>Brands, S. (2008)</ref>
}}

The '''Tepui Tinamou''' ''Crypturellus ptaritepui'' is a type of ground bird found in [[montane]] moist forest on [[tepui]]s, in southeastern [[Venezuela]]<ref name="Clements">Clements, J (2007)</ref>.

==Taxonomy==
This is a monotypic species.<ref name="Clements">Clements, J (2007)</ref> All tinamou are from the family [[Tinamidae]], and in the larger scheme are also [[Ratite]]s.  Unlike other Ratites, Tinamous can fly, although in general, they are not strong fliers.  All ratites evolved from prehistoric flying birds, and Tinamous are the closest living relative of these birds.<ref name="Davies">Davies, S. J. J. F. (2003)</ref>

==Etymology==
''Crypturellus'' is formed from three [[Latin]] or [[Greek language|Greek]] words.  ''kruptos'' meaning '''covered''' or '''hidden''', ''oura'' meaning '''tail''', and ''ellus'' meaning '''diminutive'''.  Therefore ''Crypturellus'' means small hidden tail.<ref>Gotch, A. F. (1195)</ref>

==Description==
The Tepui Tinamou is approximately {{convert|27|cm|in|abbr=on}} in length. The top of its head and rear of neck are rufous brown, darker on its back, and dusky below with rufous sheen on its upper breast. The sides of its head and throat are  grey in color, its upper [[mandible]] is black, its lower mandible yellow with black tip, and its legs are olive in color.

==Behavior==
Like other Tinamous, the Tepui eats fruit off the ground or low-lying bushes.  They also eat small amounts of [[invertebrates]], flower buds, tender leaves, seeds, and roots. The male incubates the eggs which may come from as many as 4 different females, and then will raise them until they are ready to be on their own, usually 2–3 weeks. The nest is located on the ground in dense brush or between raised root buttresses.<ref name="Davies" />

==Range and habitat==
The Tepui Tinamou has been found on [[Ptari-tepuí]], [[Auyantepui|Auyán-tepuí]], [[Chimantá-tepuí]], and [[Sororopán-tepuí]], in southeastern [[Bolívar (state)|Bolívar]], [[Venezuela]]. It was found in between {{convert|1350|to(-)|1800|m|ft|abbr=on}} in elevation, and its preferred habitat is tropical moist [[montane]] forest or tropical moist shrubland.<ref name="BLI">BirdLife International (2008)(a)</ref>

==Conservation==
The [[IUCN]] classifies it as [[Least Concern]],<ref name="IUCN" /> with an occurrence range of {{convert|1000|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}. It is a protected species in [[Venezuela]].<ref name="BLI" />

==Footnotes==
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==References==
* {{IUCN2006|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2008|id=141106|title=Crypturellus ptaritepui|downloaded=09 Feb 2009}}
* {{cite web| url=http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=38&m=0 | title=Bartlett's Tinamou - BirdLife Species Factsheet | accessdate=09 Feb 2009  | author=BirdLife International | year=2008(a)| work=Data Zone}}
* {{cite web| url= http://www.taxonomy.nl/Main/Classification/51327.htm| title=Systema Naturae 2000 / Classification, Genus Crypturellus | accessdate=Feb 09 2009  | last='''Brands''' | first=Sheila | authorlink= | date=Aug 14 2008 | work=Project: The Taxonomicon }}
* {{cite book |last1='''Clements''' |first1=James |title=The Clements Checklist of the Birds of the World |edition=6 |year=2007 |publisher= Cornell University Press|location=Ithaca, NY |isbn=978 0 8014 4501 9  }}
* {{cite encyclopedia |last='''Davies''' |first=S.J.J.F.|editor1-first=Michael |editor1-last= Hutchins|encyclopedia=Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia |title=Tinamous |edition=2 |year=2003 |publisher=Gale Group|volume=8 Birds I Tinamous and Ratites to Hoatzins |location=Farmington Hills, MI|isbn=0 7876 5784 0 |pages=57–59}}
* {{cite book |last1='''Gotch''' |first1=A. F. |title=Latin Names Explained. A Guide to the Scientific Classifications of Reptiles, Birds & Mammals|year= 1995 |origyear=1979 |publisher=Facts on File |location=New York, NY|isbn=0 8160 3377 3|page=183|chapter=Tinamous}}

{{Tinamous}}
[[Category:Crypturellus]]
[[Category:Tinamiformes|*]]
[[Category:South American tinamous]]
[[Category:Birds of Venezuela|Tinamou, Tepui]]


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