The Tepui Tinamou lives in the tepui highlands of southeastern Venezuela. Its dark back, grey face and throat, and pale eyes stand out; it forages on the ground for seeds and insects.
The upperparts are dark, the sides of the face and throat are grey, and the eyes are pale cream to yellow. The upper bill is dark and the lower bill yellowish.
It lives on the ground in humid mountain forest, eating seeds and insects. It may forage in small groups outside the breeding season.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.