The black tinamou is a large ground bird with almost black plumage. It lives in the tropical forests of South America and moves on the ground.
The black tinamou differs from other tinamous by its almost completely black body color. It helps the forest spread plant seeds and serves as prey for predators.
Legendary longevity: over 100 years. Galapagos tortoises, Greenland sharks, ocean quahogs celebrate with family once every 4 years
Offspring
Tropical moist forest
pecking
Worker
Elders
Foraging among accumulated fallen leaves on the forest floor.
small invertebrates
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birth time
Taxons
seeds, berries, fruits
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Dogs, dolphins, lynx hang out for 9-25 years and party on their birthday three times a year
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birth date
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very hot and very humid all year round, rain almost every day
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South and Central America, hot and humid, huge forests
Career from 7 to 15 months. Dwarf hamsters, voles, field crickets celebrate their birthday twice a month
Warm summer
The basics
How old you would be if you lived as {name}
climbing
Neotropical realm
Theoretical maximum lifespan estimated from the Dynamic Energy Budget (DEB) mathematical model. This value reflects a biological potential derived from metabolic parameters, not from direct observation — real recorded lifespans are often significantly shorter.
My weight?
Non-stop carnival: they only live a few days. Mayflies, rotifers, midges celebrate their birthday more than twice a day
beak
surface
adult
Maturity
primary food sources
Neotropical realm
South and Central America, hot and humid, huge forests
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Beak size
insects
Potential Habitat
About health
When your next birthday would fall if you lived as {name}
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In husbandry
On the go from 1.3 to 3.5 years. Forest mice, anoles, rainbow fish party on their birthday once a month
Repro interval
results
Mass
Mosquitoes, fruit flies, small crustaceans hustle for up to 7 months and throw a birthday party every week
terrestrial
summer warm, winter not very cold
Colors
Sex
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Upcoming jubilees
Gremllins
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Always hot
conifer cones
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Trophic type
Filters
Eyes color
On the map
Pleasant summer
Female ♀
all life stages
always hot and humid, huge trees and vines
Upcoming birthdays
Breeding structure built or used for laying eggs and raising offspring.
Map data sources: Ecosystem classification — IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology (Keith et al., 2022), indicative distribution maps Keith et al. (2020), https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3546513; Large Marine Ecosystems — NOAA LME Program; Bathymetry — GEBCO Bathymetric Compilation Group (2026), GEBCO_2026 Grid, https://doi.org/10.5285/4f68d5c7-45eb-f999-e063-7086abc036fa; Climate data — Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information; Species occurrence data — GBIF.org, Derived dataset "all animals", https://zveriki.com/dataset/dataset.tsv; Terrestrial ecoregions — RESOLVE Ecoregions 2017 (Dinerstein et al., 2017), CC BY 4.0
Potential habitat modelled from GBIF occurrence data. Map © Zveriki.com, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Truly long lives: 40-100 years. Bowhead whales, albatrosses, giant tortoises recall their birthday at most once a year
Lifespan
birth year
Maturity
rains almost always, very humid
terrestrial habitat, land surface outside water
Age (from birth to death)
cones of coniferous trees with seeds
sq mm
yr
Beak color
comfortable summer, +20…+25 °C
Wanderers
Food items are collected from exposed outer surfaces of substrates.
How similar?
Wings size
Jubilee = every 10th birthday
Male ♂
until the celebration
baby / chick
age as {name}
How do they breed?
On the go from 3.5 to 6 years. Hedgehogs, crows, lizards treat themselves to birthday snacks 6 times a year
What if eaten?
small invertebrates without further specification
Neither
Earliest developmental stage inside an egg or womb.
Business sausages
Moving up vertical surfaces like trunks or rocks to reach food.
fruits
from birth to adulthood
Young offspring still dependent on parental care.
nest
Lifespan average
What do they eat?
Where do they live?
Immature individual that has not yet reached reproductive maturity.
Plumage color
leaf litter
forests on land — tropical, temperate, boreal
What do they look like?
Maturity
emergence (insects)
end of lifespan
How do they live?
fertilization / egg laying
How do they behave?
birth / hatching
metamorphosis / end of larval stage
end of acceleration
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Duration
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Mature, fully developed individual capable of reproduction.
live insects
Always hot and wet
This is me
Always very wet
Gamers
Pets
How are they built?
mm
Theoretical lifespan
Repeatedly strikes or probes substrate with beak to obtain food.
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Stars
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My age?
wk
My size?
terrestrial
Feeding occurs primarily on land or in vegetation.
Legs size
{name} jubilee
Asexual
swap
cm
Old-timers
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turns
Rabbits, falcons, red-eared turtles hang out for 6-9 years and party on their birthday four times a year
Rascals
Where do they take shelter?
Warm summer and lots of rain
terrestrial forest
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When you would have been born if you lived as {name}
very hot all year round, frequent rains, but sometimes dry
Litter size
Daddies
Lifespan maximum
Map data sources: Ecosystem classification — IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology (Keith et al., 2022), indicative distribution maps Keith et al. (2020), https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3546513; Large Marine Ecosystems — NOAA LME Program; Bathymetry — GEBCO Bathymetric Compilation Group (2026), GEBCO_2026 Grid, https://doi.org/10.5285/4f68d5c7-45eb-f999-e063-7086abc036fa; Climate data — Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information; Species occurrence data — GBIF.org, Derived dataset "all animals", https://zveriki.com/dataset/dataset.tsv; Terrestrial ecoregions — RESOLVE Ecoregions 2017 (Dinerstein et al., 2017), CC BY 4.0
How to care for them?
Living from 25 to 40 years. Orangutans, bald eagles, African elephants celebrate their birthday twice a year
foraging
°C
Not specified
Hermaphrodite ⚥
Actively searching habitats to locate food items.
Egg color
Where are they found?
forest floor
embryo
Hard, projecting mouthpart used to probe, pluck, or crack food.
from 0.8 to 1.2 kilograms, 0.6 – 1.2 meters
Length
kg
lots of rain, warm and pleasant summer
Down color
Observations
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