Birds of Nicaragua - Crypturellus


Slaty-breasted Tinamou (Crypturellus boucardi boucardi) 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)
Photograph by Tom Friedel © 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.

The smallest tinamou. Often common, but usually heard and not seen. Females are similar but a bit redder.

© Tom Friedel - All Rights Reserved, except for images and data otherwise noted.       Colombia       Panama       Ecuador       Costa Rica       Mexico
Experimental sites:       Peru       Venezuela       The World       Brazil       Bolivia
Really Experimental sites:       Guyana       Nicaragua       Cuba

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