Crypturellus cinnamomeus
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
The thicket tinamou or rufescent tinamou (Crypturellus cinnamomeus) is a type of tinamou commonly found in moist forests in subtropical and tropical central Mexico. 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.
René-Primevère Lesson identified the thicket tinamou from a specimen from La Unión, El Salvador., in 1842. The thicket tinamou has many subspecies as follows: C. c. cinnamomeus (Nominate race) occurs in coastal southeastern Mexico (Chiapas) State, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras.
C. c. occidentalis occurs on the coastal western Mexico; Sinaloa, Nayarit, Jalisco, Colima, Michoacán, and Guerrero States. C. c. mexicanus occurs in coastal northeastern Mexico; Tamaulipas, northern Veracruz, and Puebla States.
C. c. sallaei occurs in southern Mexico; Puebla, Chiapas, Oaxaca, and southern Veracruz States. C. c. goldmani occurs in southeastern Mexico, on the Yucatan Peninsula; Yucatán, Quintana Roo, Campeche,... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santa Rosa National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Rincón de la Vieja National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Calakmul Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 4 | El Triunfo | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 5 | Cañón del Sumidero National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 6 | Biotopo Cerro Cahuí | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 7 | Palo Verde National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 9 | Tikal National Park | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 10 | Ostional Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 11 | Las Baulas Marine National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 12 | Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 13 | Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 14 | Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 15 | Celestún Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 16 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 17 | Masaya Volcano National Park | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua | |
| 18 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Salvador | 🇸🇻 El Salvador |
No species of the same family or order lives in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park, so these are its closest relatives here: other birds.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Thicket Tinamou sighting in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park on a given day, based on 149 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 97th most-seen of the 275 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Thicket Tinamou in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park on a given day, against under 5% in September to February, the lowest months. That is one of Cumbres de Monterrey National Park's wettest months, with about 160 mm of rain against 20 mm in December.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Thicket Tinamou sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
8th of 18
Of the 18 parks where we can rate Thicket Tinamou sightings, Cumbres de Monterrey National Park ranks 8th at about 10%. The best odds are in Santa Rosa National Park (Costa Rica, about 30%), Rincón de la Vieja National Park (Costa Rica, about 20%) and Calakmul Biosphere Reserve (Mexico, about 20%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Thicket Tinamou is recorded against all the birds logged in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park (149 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
