Joao Burini / Solitary tinamou (Tinamus solitarius) egg, Intervales State Park, Sao Paulo, Atlantic Forest South-East Reserves, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Brazil.

Doug Wechsler / Gray tinamou (Tinamus tao) Ecuador

Bernard Castelein / Puna tinamou (Tinamotis pentlandii) Quetena, Altiplano, Bolivia

Paul Bertner / Great Tinamou (Tinamus major), Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica

Alex Hyde / Great tinamou (Tinamus major) on nest on rainforest floor, Corcovado National Park, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica

Gabriel Rojo / Spotted tinamou (Nothura maculosa) La Pampa, Argentina

Nate Chappell/ BIA / Elegant Crested-Tinamou (Eudromia elegans), Argentina

Gabriel Rojo / Spotted nothura (Nothura maculosa) in snowy grassland, La Pampa, Argentina

Gabriel Rojo / Spotted tinamou (Nothura maculosa) walking through grassland, La Pampa, Argentina

Pete Oxford / Great tinamou (Tinamus major) Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest, Ecuador, South America.

David Tipling / Great Tinamou (Tinamus major) portrait, Panama.

Kevin Schafer / Elegant Crested-Tinamou (Eudromia elegans), native to Paraguay