Birds of Mexico - Crypturellus


Slaty-breasted Tinamou (Crypturellus boucardi boucardi) Vulnerable Area de Proteccion de Flora y Fauna Naha, Chiapas, Mexico Medium sized tinamou with grey brest and red legs.
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Thicket Tinamou (Crypturellus cinnamomeus praepes) Santa Rosa National Park, Costa Rica
Photograph by Sylvère Corre © All Rights Reserved.


Little Tinamou (Crypturellus soui modestus) Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica Little Tinamou in central America, especially Costa Rica and Panama, are dark.
Photograph by Bruno Conjeaud © All Rights Reserved.


Little Tinamou (Crypturellus soui caucae) Kilometro 18, Cali, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

The smallest tinamou. Often common, but usually heard and not seen. Females are similar to males, but a bit brighter and/or redder.
A possible female.

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