N. p. pentlandiiGray 1867 N. p. ambiguaCory 1915 N. p. oustaletiBerlepsch & Stolzmann 1901 N. p. niethammeriKoepcke 1968 N. p. fulvescensBerlepsch 1902 N. p. doeringi Cabanis 1878 N. p. mendozaeBanks & Bohl 1968 The Andean tinamou (Nothoprocta pentlandii) is a tinamou, found commonly in high-altitude shrubland, in the Andes of South America.
Its upper parts are greyish-brown to olive brown and barred with black and white.
Its breast is grey and spotted with white or buff, its belly is buff or whitish and its crown is black, the sides of its head and throat are mottled grey, and its legs are yellow.
The Andean tinamou can be found in the Andes from southern Ecuador to central Chile, as well as in the Sierras de Córdoba in Argentina.
[5] The IUCN classifies the Andean tinamou as Least Concern,[1] with an occurrence range of 550,000 km2 (210,000 sq mi).