infamous
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But within Los Amigos are quetzals, tinamous, trumpeters, and everything else that their ongoing presence represents.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 30, 2015
Unlike most birds, male tinamous take sole responsibility for egg-incubating duties, and a single nest might contain eggs from several females.
From New York Times • Dec. 22, 2014
Why tinamous evolved such bright, glossy eggs is a mystery, but the authors suspect it may have something to do with mating behavior.
From New York Times • Dec. 22, 2014
Brennan began researching avian male anatomy after seeing tinamous mate in the wild and realizing the male had a penis, rare in birds, and which she initially mistook for a parasite.
From National Geographic
The first were the two tinamous, which were not long in having a number of young ones; they had for companions half a dozen ducks, accustomed to the borders of the lake.
From The Mysterious Island by Verne, Jules
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