tataupa

plural tataupas

1. A South American tinamou (Crypturellus tataupa).

   Psophia and palamedea species also aid in feeding these Indians, as likewise tataupas, ypacahas, yahamis, mbatuitis, and chloritos forms. They eat nearly every feathered creature, however, from a gull upward, deriving great advantages ...

   1901, “United States of Brazil: A geographical sketch”, in Bureau of the American Republics, Washington, D.C., page 52

   1 more example

   In the case of the Tataupas bred in 1904, no less than fourteen young birds were reared in the one season from a single female and two males. When male No. 1 commenced to incubate his batch of four pink eggs, the female was transferred ...

   1921, The Avicultural Magazine, page 89