---
title: "Great Tinamou"
description: "Tinamus major — Uccelli. The great tinamou (Tinamus major) is a species of tinamou ground bird native to Central and South America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/great-tinamou
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Great Tinamou

> Tinamus major — Uccelli. The great tinamou (Tinamus major) is a species of tinamou ground bird native to Central and South America.

- Scientific name: *Tinamus major*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 2227
- Wikidata: [Q852723](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q852723)
- iNaturalist taxon: [20672](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/20672)

## Names

- en: Great Tinamou
- de: Großtinamu
- es: Tinamú mayor
- fr: Grand Tinamou
- nl: Grote tinamoe
- pt: Inhambu-açu
- pl: Kusacz duży

## Countries with the most observations

CR (878), PA (291), CO (79), MX (59), GF (55), BR (43), EC (42), PE (39), BZ (25), GT (22), HN (18), GY (5)

## Summary

The great tinamou (Tinamus major) is a species of tinamou ground bird native to Central and South America. There are several subspecies, mostly differentiated by their coloration.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_tinamou

## Photo

![Great Tinamou](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/great-tinamou/medium.jpg)

Photo: Ben Keen · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/98731740

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/great-tinamou?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).