Diet of the Chilean Tinamou (Nothoprocta perdicaria) in central-south Chile.

ORNITOLOGIA NEOTROPICAL 17: 467–472.

Kurzmitteilung:

... We analysed the contents of crops and stomachs obtained from 79 birds captured in different agricultural areas, years, and seasons in the Ñuble Province, south central Chile. ... Diet consisted mainly of wild plant seeds. The consumption of animal material was scarce and consisted of one insect and crustacean species. During the summer, the seeds of the Poaceae family were most common ... The Chilean Tinamou in Ñuble appears to be essentially a granivorous species with invertebrates being consumed in a variable proportion depending of the season.

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