page_title: Thicket tinamou
section_title: Reproduction
hierarchical_section_title: Thicket tinamou / Behavior / Reproduction
caption_attribution_description: English&#x3a;&#32; Egg of thicket tinamou Collection of Jacques Perrin de Brichambaut.Français&#x202f;&#x3a;&#32; Œuf de Tinamou canelle Collection Jacques Perrin de Brichambaut.
context_page_description: The thicket tinamou or rufescent tinamou is a type of tinamou commonly found in moist forests in subtropical and tropical central Mexico.
context_section_description: Like most tinamous, it will place its nest on the ground alongside raised roots. It 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.
caption: egg of Crypturellus cinnamomeus - MHNT
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