The Ornate Tinamou has spots on the head and neck, an unspotted gray breast, and lower-belly plumage that grades from buff to rufous.
The neck and sides of the head are speckled, and the breast is plain gray. The gray on the breast grades into buff and then rufous on the lower belly.
It favors grassland with scattered bushes and also occurs in relatively dry grassland.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.