Table 1 Relative body mass in all tinamou species recorded to date. Altitudinal and latitudinal distribution for each species were obtained from BirdLife International and NatureServe (2014) Bird Species Distribution Maps of the World. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2016-2. (http://maps.iucnredlist.org/index.html).

From: Aerobic performance in tinamous is limited by their small heart. A novel hypothesis in the evolution of avian flight

Species

Common name

Body mass (g)

%VM:BM

Altitudinal distribution

Latitudinal distribution

Subfamily Tinaminae (forest dwelling tinamous)

Nothocercus bonapartei

Highland Tinamou

885.2

0.1941

500–2500 m

11°02’N – 05°21’S

Tinamus major

Great Tinamou

1169.4

0.1471

0–1500 m

18°55’N – 18°04’S

1140.0

0.1725

  

Crypturellus soui

Little Tinamou

233.0

0.1941

0–2000 m

19°07’N – 22°30’S

Crypturellus undulatus

Undulated Tinamou

537.5

0.1875

0–900 m

08°24’N – 27°47’S

Crypturellus parvirostris

Small-billed Tinamou

136.8

0.3414

0–1200 m

00°23’S – 28°36’S

Crypturellus tataupa

Tataupa Tinamou

275.0

0.1925

0–1400 m

02°20’S – 31°35’S

Subfamily Rhynchotinae (open fields dwelling tinamous)

Rhynchotus rufescens

Red-winged Tinamou

821.7

0.1983

0–2500 m

03°26’S – 41°10’S

796.6

0.1905

  

Nothoprocta ornata

Ornate Tinamou

505.0

0.2354

2500–4800 m

07°40’S – 30°00’S

500.0

0.2245

  

Nothoprocta perdicaria

Chilean Tinamou

395.5

0.2844

400–2000 m

28°24’S – 41°46’S

Nothoprocta pentlandii

Andean Tinamou

258.0

0.2985

1500–4000 m

02°50’S – 36°54’S

Nothura boraquira

White-bellied Nothura

310.0

0.1785

0–500 m

03°12’S – 22°43’S

Nothura darwinii

Darwin’s Nothura

251.4

0.2804

1000–4300 m

09°24’S – 44°29’S

197.0

0.3215

  

Nothura maculosa

Spotted Nothura

275.0

0.2652

0–2300 m

05°06’S – 44°18’S

  1. 1From Hartman, F.A., 1961. Locomotor mechanisms of birds. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 143, 1–91.
  2. 2From Dorst, J., 1972. Poids relatif du coeur chez quelques oiseaux des hautes Andes du Perou. L’oiseau et la revue française d’ornithologie 42, 66–73.
  3. 3From De La Riboisiere, J., 1910. Recherches organométriques en fonction du régime alimentaire sur les oiseaux, Faculté des Sciences. Université de Paris, Paris.
  4. 4Own data from fresh specimens.
  5. 5Own data from specimens preserved in ethanol.
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