Turquoise blue eggs in a natural setting.
#Tinamou birds - native to Mexico and southward through South America - lay eggs in brilliant pinks and blues to rich purples and greens. Why do the different tinamou bird species produce different egg colors? Read on: buff.ly/PwI6eW6
📸 Manuel Anastácio/ (Wikimedia Commons CC BY 3.0)
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #GreyDay : a Grey Tinamou, a large, chicken-like ground bird in humid tropical lowlands. Hunted for food and wiped out in many areas. Renowned for their shiny colorful eggs, in turquoise, green, blue, or purple. #🪶 #tinamou #colorfuleggs #costarica #photography
La Sterne d'Orient est au programme du nouveau CDLS !
Le podcast 100% #oiseaux est de retour en 2026 pour un épisode parlant...de la #Sterne, enfin ! Et on parle aussi pour la première fois du #Tinamou !!
Bonne écoute à tous et toutes !! 🪶🦉
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Tinamus resonans in life.
#NewSpecies!
New tinamou from #brazil snuck in:
Tinamus resonans
Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/3D522443-...
Publication: doi.org/10.11646/zoo...
#Zootaxa #TinamusResonans
#FAIRdata
#biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #ornithology #birds #TeamBird #tinamou
Tinamou eggs are so shiny because of a unique microscopic structure in their shells. This is achieved through tightly packed calcium carbonate crystals, which create a glossy finish. #science #sciencefacts #tinamou #tinamoueggs #calciumcarbonate
Tinamou eggs are so shiny because of a unique microscopic structure in their shells. This is achieved through tightly packed calcium carbonate crystals, which create a glossy finish.
#science #sciencefacts #tinamou #tinamoueggs #calciumcarbonate
