[Tweeters] New species of tinamous discovered

[Larry Schwitters via Tweeters]

Article in the Seattle Times and a lot of other papers about another bird to add to your life list.
https://phys.org/news/2025-12-remarkably-tinamou-species-amazon-mountains.html

It’s a chicken sized flightless bird that can fly but would rather not. 2106???? are hanging out in an elevation restricted range of a far western area of the Amazon basin. Closest relative is the Ostrich (maybe). Easy to catch. Good to eat. Closest airport is probably Lima.

See you there. I’ll be bicycling down. Maybe we can put you on the handlebars.

Larry Schwitters
Issaquah
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