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What does the red-winged tinamou eat during summer?
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During the summer, the red-winged tinamou (Rhynchotus rufescens) primarily consumes animal material, consisting largely of insects. Its diet is varied enough that it can also swallow mice, and it has been known to consume large quantities of insects, such as termites, at one time.1