Difference between Tinamou and Partridge

What is the difference between Tinamou and Partridge?

Tinamou as a noun is any of the birds belonging to the south-american family (tinamidae), the only family in the order (tinamiformes). they are related to the ratites with which they form the paleognathae superorder. while Partridge as a noun is any bird of a number of genera in the family phasianidae, notably in the genera perdix and alectoris.

Tinamou

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Any of the birds belonging to the South-American family (Tinamidae), the only family in the order (Tinamiformes). They are related to the ratites with which they form the Paleognathae superorder.

Partridge

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Any bird of a number of genera in the family Phasianidae, notably in the genera Perdix and Alectoris.

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