This is a picture of a bird in motion... Its family was previously called the "stubby-tailed fowl" in Swedish, as can be understood from the picture. This Tataupa tinamou, with its "stubby tail" and bright red bill, is moving across an open area. It is an extremely shy bird. We waited, called it, waited again. Suddenly it ran like a bullet across the small opening. Then it was gone again. This was repeated a few times, but this was still the best picture I got... This species eats fruit from the ground or low-lying bushes. It supplements this with invertebrates, flower buds, seeds and roots. The male takes care of the eggs, which often come from several females. He incubates them and after hatching he raises them. The nest is placed on the ground in dense shrub vegetation. The bird's Latin name comes from the bird's name in the South American language Guaraní: Ihnambú tataupá. The name means 'fire tinamo' after the legend that the bird got its red bill after eating fire.