Tinamú del matorral

Taxonomía

All tinamou are from the family Tinamidae, and in the larger scheme are also ratites. Unlike other ratites, tinamous can fly, although in general, they are not strong fliers. All ratites evolved from prehistoric flying birds, and tinamous are the closest living relative of these birds.<p>René-Primevère Lesson identified the thicket tinamou from a specimen from La Unión, El Salvador., in 1842.<p>The thicket tinamou has many subspecies as follows:

Nombre científico

Crypturellus cinnamomeus

Autoridad

(Lesson, RP, 1842)

Orden

Tinamiformes

Familia

Tinamidae

Género

Crypturellus

Distribución y hábitat

This species prefers moist lowland forest, gallery forest, deciduous forest, and secondary forest in subtropical and tropical regions, but will be found in shrubland and drier forests up to 1,850 m (6,070 ft) altitude. This species ranges from Sinaloa, (coastal strip, western Mexico), to Costa Rica, and eastern coastal Mexico, from the United States border into Belize. In the southern part of its range it ventures into the highlands as well.

Migración

Resident species

Comportamiento

The species has a monotonous voice ‘whoo-oo’, sounding like a steam engine. The thicket tinamou can be found in pairs, families or as a solitary bird and, like most tinamous, it prefers to walk than fly.<p>Like most tinamous, it will eat fruit, seeds and invertebrates.<p>Like most tinamous, it will place its nest on the ground alongside raised roots. It will contain around three eggs, but as many as seven, that are glossy and purple in color. This species and the slaty-breasted tinamou will produce hybrids.

Conservación

The IUCN lists this bird as Least Concern, with an occurrence range of 600,000 km2 (230,000 sq mi).

Tendencia poblacional

declining