Thicket Tinamou

Sobre

A medium-sized tinamou with rich cinnamon-brown plumage, barred wings, and a pale throat. Widespread in dry forest and thickets from Mexico to northern Colombia. Commonly heard calling with a repeated whistle in second-growth scrub and dry forest. Adapts well to degraded habitats.

Physical Description

Measurement	Value	Imperial
Envergadura	31,3 cm	12.3 in
Peso	423,75 g	14.95 oz

Identificação

Plumagem

Cinnamon-rufous brown upperparts with blackish barring; crown darker. Throat whitish; breast cinnamon-rufous; belly paler buff. Reddish legs. Males brighter; females more heavily barred above.

Habitat & Range

Dry tropical and subtropical forest, scrubland, thickets, and second growth from sea level to 1,500 m, from Mexico through Central America to northwestern Colombia. Tolerates heavily degraded and secondary habitats.

🌲 Forest

Distribuição geográfica

Ranges from Colombia and Venezuela to northeastern Brazil and Bolivia. Sedentary in lowland humid forests and forest edges.

Diet & Feeding

Forages on the ground for seeds, fallen fruits, and beetles in Neotropical forests; cryptic; diet varies with season.

Estado de conservação

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

Comportamento e reprodução

Nidificação

Nest type: SC. Incubation: 16 days. Fledging: 20 days.

Tamanho da postura

3-7

Som

Canto

A dry, flat whistle repeated monotonously. Call carries through dense thicket and thorn scrub of Central America. Less musical than forest-dwelling Crypturellus relatives.

Taxonomia

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Aves
Ordem	Tinamiformes (Tinamous)
Família	Tinamidae (Tinamous)
Genus	Crypturellus
Espécies	Crypturellus cinnamomeus

Distribution

Thicket Tinamou has been recorded in 1 countries.

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Presente Not recorded

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🇳🇴 Norway

External Databases

Perguntas frequentes

What does the Thicket Tinamou eat?

Forages on the ground for seeds, fallen fruits, and beetles in Neotropical forests; cryptic; diet varies with season.

Where does the Thicket Tinamou live?

Dry tropical and subtropical forest, scrubland, thickets, and second growth from sea level to 1,500 m, from Mexico through Central America to northwestern Colombia. Tolerates heavily degraded and secondary habitats.

Is the Thicket Tinamou endangered?

The Thicket Tinamou has a conservation status of Least Concern.

How does the Thicket Tinamou nest?

Nest type: SC. Incubation: 16 days. Fledging: 20 days.

What does the Thicket Tinamou sound like?

A dry, flat whistle repeated monotonously. Call carries through dense thicket and thorn scrub of Central America. Less musical than forest-dwelling Crypturellus relatives.

How big is the Thicket Tinamou?

The Thicket Tinamou has a wingspan of 31.3 cm, weight of 423.75 g.

What order and family does the Thicket Tinamou belong to?

The Thicket Tinamou (Crypturellus cinnamomeus) belongs to the order Tinamiformes and the family Tinamidae.