Tinamous (Tinamidae)

Thicket Tinamou (Crypturellus cinnamomeus) - HBW 1, p. 131

French: Tinamou cannelle German: Buschtinamu Spanish: Tinamú Canelo
Other common names: Rufescent Tinamou

Taxonomy: Tinamus (Nothura) cinnamomea Lesson, 1842, El Salvador.
Possibly conspecific with C. noctivagus or C. undulatus; limited hybridization with C. boucardi in Honduras; perhaps close to C. erythropus. Nine subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • occidentalis (Salvadori, 1895) - CW Mexico.
  • soconuscensis Brodkorb, 1939 - SW Mexico.
  • mexicanus (Salvadori, 1895) - CE Mexico.

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  • occidentalis (Salvadori, 1895) - CW Mexico.
  • soconuscensis Brodkorb, 1939 - SW Mexico.
  • mexicanus (Salvadori, 1895) - CE Mexico.
  • sallaei (Bonaparte, 1856) - S Mexico.
  • goldmani (Nelson, 1901) - SE Mexico, N Guatemala, N Belize.
  • vicinior Conover, 1933 - extreme S Mexico, C Guatemala, C Honduras.
  • cinnamomeus (Lesson, 1842) - S Guatemala, El Salvador, S Honduras.
  • delattrii (Bonaparte, 1854) - W Nicaragua.
  • praepes (Bangs & Peters, 1927) - NW Costa Rica.
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