Thicket Tinamou
A species of Lesser Forest Tinamous Scientific name : Crypturellus cinnamomeus Genus : Lesser Forest Tinamous
Thicket Tinamou, A species of Lesser Forest Tinamous
Botanical name: Crypturellus cinnamomeus
Genus: Lesser Forest Tinamous
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Description General Info
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Description
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. 
Size
30 cm
Nest Placement
Ground
Feeding Habits
Thicket Tinamou, a ground forager, primarily eats fallen fruits, berries, and seeds. It supplements its diet with insects like dung beetles and consumes some gravel, presumably for digestion aid. Thicket Tinamou has adapted a varied omnivorous diet, feeding opportunistically.
Habitat
Thicket Tinamou predominantly inhabits the ground layer of tropical regions, favoring deciduous forests, dense second-growth vegetation, and areas adjacent to forests, such as thickets and forest edges. These habitats support the species' requirements for cover and feeding. Thicket Tinamou is typically associated with the understory, where it can utilize the dense vegetation for camouflage and foraging. The species is distributed across broad tropical regions, where these particular habitat conditions are met.
Dite type
Omnivorous
General Info
Feeding Habits
Bird food type
Behavior
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.
Distribution Area
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.
Species Status
The IUCN lists this bird as Least Concern, with an occurrence range of 600,000 km (230,000 sq mi).
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Tinamous Family
Tinamous Genus
Lesser Forest Tinamous Species
Thicket Tinamou 
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