How do you identify a Thicket Tinamou?

The thicket tinamou is 27 to 29 cm (11–11 in) in length and weighs 440 g (16 oz). Full identification notes are on this page.

How big is a Thicket Tinamou?

The Thicket Tinamou is a large sized bird weighing about 422 g.

Where can you see a Thicket Tinamou?

The Thicket Tinamou occurs in 7 countries, including Mexico, Costa Rica, Belize, Guatemala and Nicaragua.

What birds look similar to a Thicket Tinamou?

The Thicket Tinamou is most easily confused with the Tataupa Tinamou, the Cinereous Tinamou and the Brown Tinamou.

Is the Thicket Tinamou endangered?

The Thicket Tinamou is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

Thicket Tinamou

Crypturellus cinnamomeus

Tinamous · Tinamiformes · Uncommon

The Thicket Tinamou (Crypturellus cinnamomeus) is a uncommon tinamou found in 7 countries, weighing about 422 g. The thicket tinamou or rufescent tinamou is a type of tinamou commonly found in moist forests in subtropical and tropical central Mexico.

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Thicket Tinamou (Crypturellus cinnamomeus), photo 1 — Photo: Masked Lynx · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Thicket Tinamou (Crypturellus cinnamomeus), photo 2 — Photo: Masked Lynx · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Thicket Tinamou (Crypturellus cinnamomeus), photo 3 — Photo: Sebastián de Jesús Herrera Buenfil · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Thicket Tinamou (Crypturellus cinnamomeus), photo 4 — Photo: Juan Cruzado Cortés · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Thicket Tinamou (Crypturellus cinnamomeus), photo 5 — Photo: Juan Cruzado Cortés · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Thicket Tinamou (Crypturellus cinnamomeus), photo 6 — Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0

Thicket Tinamou (Crypturellus cinnamomeus), photo 7 — Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0

Thicket Tinamou (Crypturellus cinnamomeus), photo 8 — Photo: Bale & Danielsson; Bannwarth, Th.; Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company; Godman, Frederick Du Cane; Hanhart; Horman-Fisher, Maud; Knight, H.; Mintern Bros.; Purkiss, W.; Salvin, Osbert; Saunders, G. S.; Schlereth, M. v.; Sharp, M. A.; Taylor & Francis; Wilson, Edwin · Public domain

Thicket Tinamou (Crypturellus cinnamomeus), photo 9 — Photo: Masked Lynx · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Thicket Tinamou (Crypturellus cinnamomeus), photo 10 — Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0

About the Thicket Tinamou

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

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How to identify it

The thicket tinamou is 27 to 29 cm (11–11 in) in length and weighs 440 g (16 oz). Its upper parts are brown, heavily barred blackish on back, rump and wings. Its lowerparts pale brown, cinnamon on breast, greyer on belly and undertail whitish with dark barring. Its head brown with prominent buff supercilium and well-defined ear covert patch with bill brownish and legs red in color.

Where it lives

Mexico Costa Rica Belize Guatemala Nicaragua El Salvador Honduras

When to see it

Best months: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, December, with peak activity in May. It is a resident species across most of its range.

Easily confused with

Quick questions

How do you identify a Thicket Tinamou?: The thicket tinamou is 27 to 29 cm (11–11 in) in length and weighs 440 g (16 oz). Full identification notes are on this page.
How big is a Thicket Tinamou?: The Thicket Tinamou is a large sized bird weighing about 422 g.
Where can you see a Thicket Tinamou?: The Thicket Tinamou occurs in 7 countries, including Mexico, Costa Rica, Belize, Guatemala and Nicaragua.
What birds look similar to a Thicket Tinamou?: The Thicket Tinamou is most easily confused with the Tataupa Tinamou, the Cinereous Tinamou and the Brown Tinamou.
Is the Thicket Tinamou endangered?: The Thicket Tinamou is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

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