Crypturellus cinereus
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In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
The cinereous tinamou (Crypturellus cinereus), also known as brushland tinamou, is a type of ground bird found in swamp and lowland forests in northern South America. They have some localized names that have been used by the indigenous people such as in Amazonas where they are called inambu-pixuna, and in Pará, Brazil where they are called nambu-sujo. Also, throughout their range they are called inhambu-preto. Cinereous tinamous have been around for many centuries. They are part of the oldest families of the world today and have fossils discovered dating back tens of millions of years. Their quick reflexes play a role in their ability to survive.
The cinereous tinamou was formally described in 1789 by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in his revised and expanded edition of Carl Linnaeus's Systema Naturae. He placed it with all the grouse like birds in the genus Tetrao and coined the binomial name Tetrao cinereus. Gmelin based his description on "Le tinamou cendré" from French Guiana that had been described in 1778 by the French polymath Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon in his Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux. The cinereous tinamou is now placed with around... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sierra de la Macarena National Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 2 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 3 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 4 | Amacayacu National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 5 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 6 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 7 | Brownsberg Nature Park | 🇸🇷 Suriname | |
| 8 | Chapada dos Guimarães National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Cinereous Tinamou sighting in Manu National Park on a given day, based on 1,079 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 51st most-seen of the 641 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Cinereous Tinamou in Manu National Park on a given day, against about 10% in February, the lowest month. That is one of Manu National Park's wettest months, with about 250 mm of rain against 60 mm in August.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Cinereous 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.
Among the best
Of the 8 parks where we can rate Cinereous Tinamou sightings, Manu National Park ranks 2nd at about 30%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Sierra de la Macarena National Park (Colombia, about 30%).
Same genus: Crypturellus
The closest relatives of the Cinereous Tinamou that you can see in Manu National Park (genus Crypturellus, Crypturellus Tinamous) are Undulated Tinamou (about 30%), Black-capped Tinamou (about 10%) and Little Tinamou (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Cinereous Tinamou is recorded against all the birds logged in Manu National Park (1,079 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.
