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Thicket Tinamou

Thicket Tinamou

Crypturellus cinnamomeus

Range & Recent Observations

Thicket Tinamouis a year-round resident and doesn't follow a migration flyway. See the Range tab for where it lives.

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About the Thicket Tinamou

The thicket tinamou or rufescent tinamou (Crypturellus cinnamomeus) is a type of tinamou commonly found in moist forests in subtropical and tropical central Mexico.

Source: Wikipedia

Classification

Scientific name
Crypturellus cinnamomeus
Family
Tinamous
Order
Tinamiformes

Similar species

Other members of the tinamous family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.

  • Chilean Tinamou Nothoprocta perdicaria
  • Great Tinamou Tinamus major
  • Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui
  • Slaty-breasted Tinamou Crypturellus boucardi

Know when the Thicket Tinamou turns up near you

Add it to your watchlist and draw an alert zone around the places you actually bird. Birdr checks eBird reports and tells you when one is seen inside it.

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