will contain around three eggs, but as many as seven, that are glossy and purple in color. This species and the slaty-breasted tinamou will produce hybrids. Range This species ranges from Sinaloa, (coastal strip, western Mexico), to Costa Rica, and eastern coastal Mexico, from the United States border into Belize. In the southern part of its range it ventures into the highlands as well. Habitat This species prefers moist lowland forest, gallery forest, deciduous forest, and secondary forest in subtropical and tropical regions, but will be found in shrubland and drier forests up to altitude. Conservation The IUCN lists this bird as Least Concern, with an occurrence range of . References External links Thicket Tinamou photo; Article Thicket Tinamou photo; Article Crypturellus Birds of Mexico Birds of Central America Birds of Belize Birds of Guatemala Birds of El Salvador Birds of Honduras Birds of Nicaragua Birds of Costa Rica Birds of the Yucatán Peninsula Birds described in 1842 Taxa named by René Lesson