Belize Biodiversity Information System NAME - Great Tinamou FAMILY - Tinamidae SCIENTIFIC NAME - Tinamus major SYNONYMS - Tetrao major- Gmelin 1789 REFERENCES - 1 and 2 National abundance, Conservation or Economic Status Reference Resident, species present all year. 38 Common: high density, likely to be seen in many places 39 Apparently secure in Belize 39 Resident, species present all year. 3 Resident, species present all year. 38 - Comments on Status * 5 Appears abundant in proper habitat. District Reference Belize 14 Cayo 7 Corozal 18 Orange Walk 10 Stann Creek 9 Toledo 6 Administrative Unit Occurrence Temporal Reference Freshwater Creek Forest Reserve 20 Manatee Forest Reserve 11 Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve Heard Dry season 7 Chiquibul Forest Reserve 19 Chiquibul Forest Reserve Dry season 12 Chiquibul Forest Reserve 25 Columbia River Forest Reserve Heard Wet season 4 Columbia River Forest Reserve Wet season 8 Columbia River Forest Reserve 35 Shipstern Nature Reserve Permanent 18 Shipstern Nature Reserve 29 Rio Bravo Conservation Area Dry season 24 Rio Bravo Conservation Area 33 Gallon Jug Heard Wet season 22 Gallon Jug Heard 10 Gallon Jug Dry season 23 Tapir Mtn. Nature Reserve 26 Chiquibul National Park Dry season 12 Chiquibul National Park 25 Bladen Nature Reserve Wet season 16 Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary Heard Wet season 21 Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary 32 Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary 37 Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary 5 Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary 9 Lamanai Archaeological Reserve Permanent 17 Altun Ha Archaeological Reserve Dry season 36 Caracol Archaeological Reserve Sighting Dry season 13 Caracol Archaeological Reserve 13 Mussel Creek Drainage (Proposed) Sighting Wet season 14 Northern Lagoon/Southern Lagoon (Prop Wet season 22 Private land, see comments Heard Dry season 15 Private land, see comments Heard Dry season 6 Private land, see comments 5 Government land Wet season 36 Government land 37 Monkey River Special Development Area Heard Dry season 31 Hydrologic Association Reference New River Lagoon 33 Roaring Creek 26 Macal River 25 South Stann Creek 22 Chiquibul River 12 Macal River 7 Mullins River Drainage 11 Mussel Creek 14 Sittee River 15 Bladen Branch 16 New River 17 Raspaculo River 19 Elevation Reference 1-200 m 33 1-200 m 34 1-200 m 36 1-200 m 37 1-200 m 5 601-800 m 35 801-1000 m 35 1:50,000 Quadrangle Reference 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 30' to 88 45' 17 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 30' to 88 45' 36 17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 10 17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 22 17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 34 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 45' to 89 00' 34 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 33 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 10' to 88 30' 14 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 10' to 88 30' 34 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 45' to 89 00' 5 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 30' to 88 45' 34 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 10 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 26 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 34 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 30' to 88 45' 10 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 30' to 88 45' 34 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 00' to 88 30' 11 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 00' to 88 30' 22 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 00' to 88 30' 37 16 45' to 17 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 13 16 45' to 17 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 25 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 45' to 89 00' 7 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 30' to 88 45' 32 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 30' to 88 45' 37 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 5 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 9 16 30' to 16 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 12 16 30' to 16 45'; 88 45' to 89 00' 12 16 30' to 16 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 32 16 15' to 16 30'; 89 00' to 89 15' 35 16 15' to 16 30'; 89 00' to 89 15' 4 18 15' to 18 30'; 88 00' to 88 15' 18 18 15' to 18 30'; 88 00' to 88 15' 29 16 15' to 16 30'; 88 15' to 88 30' 31 16 00' to 16 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 5 15 50' to 16 00'; 88 50' to 89 15' 6 18 00' to 18 15'; 88 15' to 88 30' 5 17 45' to 18 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 24 Holdridge Life Zone Reference Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical 5 Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical 37 Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical 36 Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical 34 Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical 26 Subtropical wet 5 Subtropical wet 37 Subtropical wet 32 Subtropical moist 5 Subtropical moist 36 Subtropical moist 34 Subtropical moist 33 Subtropical moist 29 Subtropical Lower Montane wet 35 Subtropical Lower Montane moist 35 General Distribution Comments 38* Uncommon northern semideciduous moist forest, common southern moist-wet evergreen broadleaf forests. 33* Common in broadleaf forest, rare in scrub 26* NE portion TMNR, base camp Pook's Hill 25* Guacamallo 16* Richardson Creek & Bladen Br. upstream to Calera Caves; lower Quebrada de Oro & Bladen from Calera to Hellgate; Upper reaches of Quebrada de Oro; Hellgate upstream to Esperanza Bank and Ramos Quebrada 15* Possum Point Biological Station 12* Los Cuevis Camp and Puente Natural 7* Francelia Camp and Rubber Camp 3* Uncommon in northern hardwood forests, common in southern hardwood forests. 4* common at Union Camp and Gloria Camp References 1 A.O.U. 1983. Checklist of North American Birds. 6th Ed. 2 A.O.U. 1985, 1987, 1989. 35th-37th Supplements. 3 Wood, D.S.,R. C. Leberman, and D. Weyer. 1986. Checklist of Birds of Belize. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication 12. 4 Parker, T. A. III, B. K. Holst, L. H. Emmons, J. R. Meyer. 1993. A Biological Assessment of the Columbia River Forest Reserve, Toledo District, Belize. pp.71-78 5 Robbins, C.R. 1996. Belize Wintering Bird Survey data from netting and point counts, in lit. 6 Matola, S., 1990. The Dolores Expedition, January 27 - February 3, 1990. Unpublished report. 7 Miller, B.W.; C.M. Miller. 1992. Preliminary Avian Survey of the Upper Macal River: Rubber Camp and Francelia Camp, pp.55-63. in Macal River Hydroelectric Development Environmental Impact Assessment Rubber Camp and Chalillo Schemes Pre-feasibility Study - Draft Environmental Appendix. Vol. II of III 8 Matola, S. ed. 1990. The Columbia River Forest Reserve Expedition 9-16 December. Appendix II. pp.43-45. Unpub. report 9 Matola, S., ed. 1990. The Cockscomb Basin Expedition Report June 11-18. Unpublished report. 10 Miller, B. W., 1994. Belize Christmas Bird Counts, Twenty Year Summary. in prep. 11 Miller, C., B. Miller. 1994. Avian Studies in the Upper Mullins River Basin, Feb. and May. Unpublished Report. 12 Miller, B., C. Miller. 1992. Biodiversity Reconnaissance in Chiquibul National Park, 13-19 July. Unpublished report. 13 Miller, B. W., C. M. Miller. 1994, Birds of Caracol, 1988 - 1993. in prep. 14 Miller, B., C. Miller. 1987. Conservation of a Critical Marsh and Lowland habitat, Mussel Creek drainage system, Belize, C.A. Report to NYZS/Wildlife Conservation Society. 15 Anon. 1993. Bird Checklist for Possum Point Biological Station, Sittee River, Belize 16 Brokaw, N. L. V., T. L. Lloyd-Evans. 1987. The Bladen Branch Wilderness. p.38-42. Unpublished report. 17 Noble, B., B. Stewart, J. Dillon. 1994. Lamanai Bird List, Mid-October 1993 - 16 March 1994. 18 Meerman, J. 1993. Checklist of the Birds of the Shipstern Nature Reserve, Occasional Papers of the Belize Natural History Society. 2(10). pp. 71-81. 19 Mallory, E. 1993. Birds of the Upper Raspaculo, Belize: JSSEUR II. Unpublished report. 20 Reichelt, B., C. Philcox. 1994. DRAFT - Freshwater Creek Forest Reserve Natural History Studies. Unpublished report. 21 McDuffie, P. 1993. Personal Bird List for Belize: September 1, 1989 - December 15, 1993. Unpublished list. 22 Russell, S. M. 1964. A Distributional Study of the Birds of British Honduras. Ornithological Monographs No. 1, A.O.U. 23 Miller, B., C. Miller. 1994. A working checklist of the birds of Gallon Jug. Unpublished list. 24 Anon. 1994 (August). Working Checklist, Birds of Rio Bravo Conservation Management Area. Unpublished list. 25 Counsell, D.J.R., B. Etheridge. 1986. RAFOS Expedition to Belize. Unpublished report. 26 Miller, C.M., B.W. Miller. 1994. Preliminary Faunal Surveys at Tapir Mt. Nature Reserve, 27 Nov.-5 Dec., 1994. Unpublished report for BAS. 27 Stiles, F. G., A. F. Skutch. 1989. A Guide to the Birds of Costa Rica. Ithaca, NY. Comstock Publishing Associates 28 Howell, S. N. G., S. Webb. 1995. A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America. New York. Oxford University Press. 29 Quigley, H. B., B. W. Miller, C. M. Miller. 1995. Mammal Survey, Shipstern Nature Reserve, April 4-13, 1995. Unpublished report for ITCF. 30 Robbins, Chandler. 1996. U.S.F.& Wildlife Service Wintering Bird Surveys for Belize. Unpublished data provided by C. Robbins. 31 Meerman, J.C. ed. 1995. Monkey River Special Development Area Stann Creek District, Belize. Belize Tropical Forest Studies Publication #5. Unpublished Technical report for B.E.S.T. 32 Kamstra, J. May 1987. An Ecological Survey of the Cockscomb Basin, Belize. Masters Thesis. York University, Ontario, Canada 33 Vallely, A. C., A. A. Whitman. 1996. The birds of Hill Bank, northern Belize. Unpublished report for Programme for Belize. 34 Miller, B. W. 1997. Belize Christmas Bird Count Summary 1970-1995. Data from American Birds Vol. 28-50 including 1973-1996. 35 Jones, L., D. Gardner. 1997. Little Quartz Ridge Rapid Assessment Program. Executive Summary: Birds. Draft report for FPMP 36 ROM. 1997. Royal Ontario Museum, Division of Birds, Holdings of Belize specimens through Jan. 1, 1997. Provided by Brad Millen. 37 Panza, R. 1997. Carnegie Museum, Division of Birds, Holdings of Belize specimens through Jun. 1, 1997. 38 Garcia, J., S. Matola, M. Meadows, and C. Wright. 1994. A Checklist of the Birds of Belize. WWF-US. 35p. 39 Miller, B.W., C.M. Miller. 1997. Avian Risk Assessment for Belize, Species at Risk and of Conservation Concern. Report to Programme for Belize/TNC Wings of America Program.
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