Thicket tinamou
| Thicket tinamou | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Tinamiformes |
| Family: | Tinamidae |
| Subfamily: | Tinaminae |
| Genus: | Crypturellus |
| Species: | C. cinnamomeus |
| Binomial name | |
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Crypturellus cinnamomeus (Lesson, 1842) |
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| Sub-species | |
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C. c. cinnamomeus |
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| Synonyms | |
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Tinamus cinnamomeus |
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C. c. cinnamomeus
(Lesson, 1842)
C. c. occidentalis
(Salvadori, 1895)
C. c. mexicanus
(Salvadori, 1895)
C. c. sallaei
(Bonaparte, 1856)
C. c. golmani
(Nelson, 1901)
C. c. soconuscensis
(Brodkorb, 1939)
C. c. vicinior
(Conover, 1933)
C. c. delattrii
(Bonaparte, 1854)
C. c. praepes
(Bangs & Peters, 1927)
Tinamus cinnamomeus
Nothura cinnamomeus
The thicket tinamou or rufescent tinamou (Crypturellus cinnamomeus) is a type of tinamou commonly found in moist forests in subtropical and tropical Central Mexico. Although the thicket tinamou is recognized by most authorities, the SACC still classifies this bird as a sub-species of Crypturellus erythropus, red-legged tinamou.
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:
Crypturellus is formed from three Latin or Greek words. kruptos (κρυπτός) meaning covered or hidden, oura meaning tail, and ellus meaning diminutive. Therefore Crypturellus means small hidden tail.
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