The Chilean tinamou (Nothoprocta perdicaria) is a type of tinamou commonly found in high elevation shrubland in subtropical regions of central Chile.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Chilean Tinamou being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Nothoprocta pentlandii
- Nothoprocta cinerascens
- Nothura maculosa
- Nothura boraquira
- Nothoprocta ornata
- Scleroptila afra
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Tinamiformes
- Family
- Tinamidae
- Genus
- Nothoprocta
- Species
- Nothoprocta perdicaria
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