Eudromia elegans
Status: No accepted records.
Taxonomy: There are 10 subspecies currently recognized in its southern South American range (AviList 2025).
Comments: An introduction of 89 birds made on the True Howard Ranch near Benkelman, Dundy Co 11 Sep 1970 (Cortelyou 1971) was unsuccessful (Johnsgard 2013, Mollhoff 2022).
Literature Cited
AviList Core Team, 2025. AviList: The Global Avian Checklist, v2025. https://doi.org/10.2173/avilist.v2025.
Cortelyou, R.G. 1971. Crested Tinamou. NBR 39: 39.
Johnsgard, P.A. 2013. The Birds of Nebraska (revised edition). Published by the author, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1016&context=zeabook.
Mollhoff, W.J. 2022. Nest records of Nebraska birds. Nebraska Ornithologists’ Union Occasional Paper Number 9.
Recommended Citation
Silcock, W.R., and J.G. Jorgensen. 2025. Elegant-crested Tinamou (Cygnus buccinator). In Birds of Nebraska — Online. www.BirdsofNebraska.org 
Birds of Nebraska – Online
Updated 3 Jul 2025