Slaty-breasted Tinamou

Crypturellus boucardi

Vulnerable · IUCN Red List

VUVulnerableOmnivoreForestScrapeLarge · 436 g

What the Slaty-breasted Tinamou sounds like

Sonogram of the Slaty-breasted Tinamou: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by MANUEL DE JESUS HERNANDEZ ANCHEITA · Uncertain · Chiapas, Palenque Ruins, Mexico · CC0 · via xeno-canto

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The slaty-breasted tinamou averages 27 cm (11 in) in length, and weighs about 470 g (1.04 lb). Its back and head are black to chestnut in color, brown on its wings, slaty grey on its breast, white on its throat, grey-brown on remainder of its underparts with darker barring on flanks and undertail. The female has barring on its wings. Its legs are pink to bright red, and its bill is dark above and yellow below.

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When to see the Slaty-breasted Tinamou

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Slaty-breasted Tinamou

Regular range

The map shades 6 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Slaty-breasted Tinamou

The slaty-breasted tinamou or Boucard's tinamou is a type of tinamou commonly found in lowland moist forests of Mexico and Central America.

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Easily confused with

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