Belize Biodiversity Information System NAME - Thicket Tinamou FAMILY - Tinamidae SCIENTIFIC NAME - Crypturellus cinnamomeus SYNONYMS - Tinamus (nothura) cinnamomea- Lesson 1842 REFERENCES - 1 National abundance, Conservation or Economic Status Reference Resident, species present all year. 25 Common: high density, likely to be seen in many places 26 Apparently secure in Belize 26 Resident, species present all year. 3 Middle America endemic 1 District Reference Cayo 4 Corozal 6 Orange Walk 4 Administrative Unit Occurrence Temporal Reference Freshwater Creek Forest Reserve Wet season 6 Chiquibul Forest Reserve Permanent 15 Shipstern Nature Reserve 20 Shipstern Nature Reserve 7 Rio Bravo Conservation Area Dry season 9 Rio Bravo Conservation Area 13 Rio Bravo Conservation Area 22 Gallon Jug 9 Gallon Jug Wet season 4 Gallon Jug 11 Chiquibul National Park 15 Chiquibul National Park 24 Community Baboon Sanctuary 14 Community Baboon Sanctuary 16 Altun Ha Archaeological Reserve Collected as voucher 24 Private land, see comments Heard Wet season 12 Private land, see comments Sighting Dry season 8 Private land, see comments Wet season 5 Private land, see comments 21 Hydrologic Association Reference New River Lagoon 22 Belize River 16 Macal River 15 Belize River 5 Elevation Reference 1-200 m 21 1-200 m 22 1-200 m 23 1-200 m 24 601-800 m 24 1:50,000 Quadrangle Reference 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 30' to 88 45' 24 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 30' to 88 45' 8 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 24 17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 11 17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 23 17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 4 17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 9 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 45' to 89 00' 23 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 14 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 16 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 22 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 9 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 45' to 89 00' 5 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 30' to 88 45' 23 17 00' to 17 15'; 89 00' to 89 15' 12 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 23 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 4 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 30' to 88 45' 23 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 30' to 88 45' 4 16 45' to 17 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 15 16 30' to 16 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 24 18 15' to 18 30'; 88 00' to 88 15' 20 18 15' to 18 30'; 88 00' to 88 15' 7 18 00' to 18 15'; 88 15' to 88 30' 6 17 45' to 18 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 13 17 45' to 18 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 21 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 45' to 89 00' 8 Holdridge Life Zone Reference Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical 23 Subtropical moist 24 Subtropical moist 23 Subtropical moist 22 Subtropical moist 21 Subtropical moist 20 Subtropical moist 16 Subtropical Lower Montane moist 24 General Distribution Comments 25* Uncommon northern semideciduous moist forest. Rare southern moist-wet evergreen broadleaf forests. Rare Mtn. Pine Ridge/savannas on poor soil. Rare coastal/low-lands savannas, inc. marshy areas. 15* Guacamallo Bridge 12* Near San Ignacio in second growth. 8* Gold Button Ranch 5* Banana Bank Ranch 3* Common in northern hardwood forests; rare in southern hardwood forests, Mountain Pine Ridge and coastal savannas. 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 Miller, B. W., 1994. Belize Christmas Bird Counts, Twenty Year Summary. in prep. 5 Duncan, M., W. Duncan. 1993. Banana Bank, Nov. 1, Checklist provided in lit. 6 Miller, B., C. Miller. 1994. Avian Surveys: Freshwater Creek Forest Reserve 1-10 March. Unpublished Report to the Forestry Dept. 7 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. 8 Platt, S. 1993. Wildlife Survey of Gold Button Ranch, Belize. Unpublished report. 9 Russell, S. M. 1964. A Distributional Study of the Birds of British Honduras. Ornithological Monographs No. 1, A.O.U. 10 Wood, D. S., R. C. Leberman. 1987. Results of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History Expeditions to Belize. III. Distributional Notes on the Birds of Belize. Annals Carnegie Museum. 56(6):137-160. 11 Miller, B., C. Miller. 1994. A working checklist of the birds of Gallon Jug. Unpublished list. 12 Miller, B. W., C. M. Miller. 1992. Distributional Notes and New Species Records in Belize. Occasional Papers of the Belize Natural History Society. 1(2):6-25. 13 Anon. 1994 (August). Working Checklist, Birds of Rio Bravo Conservation Management Area. Unpublished list. 14 O'Connell, S. 1987. in Horwich, R. H. and J. Lyon. The Community Baboon Sanctuary, A Guide Book. Orangu-tan Press, Gays Mills, WI. pp. 113. 15 Barlow, S. C., G. B. Caddick. 1989. Report on the Status of the Scarlet Macaw, Ara macao, in Belize, Central America. Unpublished report. 16 James, D., J. Bider. 1993. Bird List: Community Baboon Sanctuary, 1989- 1993 (derived from banding & census data, field notes). Unpublished data 17 Miller, B.W., C.M. Miller, S. N. G. Howell. In prep. An Annotated Checklist of the Birds of Belize. 18 Stiles, F. G., A. F. Skutch. 1989. A Guide to the Birds of Costa Rica. Ithaca, NY. Comstock Publishing Associates 19 Howell, S. N. G., S. Webb. 1995. A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America. New York. Oxford University Press. 20 Quigley, H. B., B. W. Miller, C. M. Miller. 1995. Mammal Survey, Shipstern Nature Reserve, April 4-13, 1995. Unpublished report for ITCF. 21 Robbins, Chandler. 1996. U.S.F.& Wildlife Service Wintering Bird Surveys for Belize. Unpublished data provided by C. Robbins. 22 Vallely, A. C., A. A. Whitman. 1996. The birds of Hill Bank, northern Belize. Unpublished report for Programme for Belize. 23 Miller, B. W. 1997. Belize Christmas Bird Count Summary 1970-1995. Data from American Birds Vol. 28-50 including 1973-1996. 24 ROM. 1997. Royal Ontario Museum, Division of Birds, Holdings of Belize specimens through Jan. 1, 1997. Provided by Brad Millen. 25 Garcia, J., S. Matola, M. Meadows, and C. Wright. 1994. A Checklist of the Birds of Belize. WWF-US. 35p. 26 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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