Eastern Thicket Tinamou (Crypturellus cinnamomeus)

Other Names (World)
Eastern Thicket Tinamou, Thicket Tinamou, Rufescent Tinamou

Family
Tinamidae (Tinamous)

Size
28 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Lesson, 1842)

Range (Guide)

Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 50,000 - 499,999 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (8)...)

Thicket Tinamou (Crypturellus cinnamomeus) [XC384520]
by grete pasch from Camino Hacia Geotermia, Nicaragua (song)

Thicket Tinamou (Crypturellus cinnamomeus) [XC457322]
by Scott Olmstead from Finca La Gracia, Guatemala (song)

Subspecies
Possibly conspecific with Yellow-legged Tinamou (Crypturellus noctivagus) or Undulated Tinamou (Crypturellus undulatus).

Hybridization with Slaty-breasted Tinamou (Crypturellus boucardi) recorded in Honduras.

The following 9 subspecies are recognised:

occidentalis (Salvadori, 1895) - Central-western Mexico. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Western Thicket Tinamou (Crypturellus occidentalis).
soconuscensis Brodkorb, 1939 - South-western Mexico.
mexicanus (Salvadori, 1895) - Central-eastern Mexico.
sallaei (Bonaparte, 1856) - Southern Mexico.
goldmani (Nelson, 1901) - South-eastern Mexico, northern Guatemala, northern Belize.
vicinior Conover, 1933 - Extreme southern Mexico, central Guatemala, central Honduras.
cinnamomeus (Lesson, 1842) - Southern Guatemala, El Salvador, southern Honduras.
delattrii (Bonaparte, 1854) - Western Nicaragua.
praepes (Bangs & Peters, JL, 1927) - North-western Costa Rica.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Eastern Thicket Tinamou (Crypturellus cinnamomeus) - 10 files

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