Great Tinamou

Q: What are the chances of seeing a Great Tinamou in Tikal National Park?

About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Great Tinamou sighting in Tikal National Park, based on 432 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data.

Q: When is the best time to see Great Tinamou in Tikal National Park?

June has the highest sighting rate for Great Tinamou in Tikal National Park in our monthly data.

Tinamus major

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

at Tikal National Park

432 Verified sightings at Tikal National Park From 2019 to 2026

15,608 Verified sightings across all 49 parks From 2019 to 2026

June Best month highest sighting rate

☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

About the Great Tinamou

The great tinamou (Tinamus major) is a species of tinamou ground bird native to Central and South America. There are several subspecies, mostly differentiated by their coloration. The great tinamou was described and illustrated in 1648 by the German naturalist Georg Marcgrave in his Historia Naturalis Brasiliae. Marcgrave used the name Macucagua. The French polymath Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon described and illustrated the great tinamou in 1778 in his Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux from specimens collected in Cayenne, French Guiana. He simplified Marcgrave's name to Magoua. When in 1788 the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin revised and expanded Carl Linnaeus's Systema Naturae, he included the great tinamou and placed it with all the grouse like birds in the genus Tetrao. He coined the binomial name Tetrao major and cited the earlier authors. The great tinamou is now placed with four other species in the genus Tinamus that was introduced in 1783 by the French naturalist Johann Hermann. Hermann based his name on "Les Tinamous" used by Buffon. The word "Tinamú" in the Carib language of French Guiana was used for the tinamous.

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Closest Relatives at Tikal National Park

Crypturellus cinnamomeus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Crypturellus boucardi

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Crypturellus soui

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Daily sighting probability
1	Brownsberg Nature Park	🇸🇷 Suriname	~40%
2	Corcovado National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~30%
3	Soberanía National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	~30%
4	Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary	🇧🇿 Belize	~30%
5	Piedras Blancas National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~30%
6	Utría National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	~30%
7	Carara National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~30%
8	Tikal National Park	🇬🇹 Guatemala	~20%
9	Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve	🇪🇨 Ecuador	~20%
10	Yasuní National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	~20%
11	Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	~20%
12	San Lorenzo Protected Forest	🇵🇦 Panama	~20%
13	Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
14	Darién National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	~10%
15	Tenorio Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
16	Anavilhanas National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	~10%
17	Manuel Antonio National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
18	Braulio Carrillo National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
19	Tambopata National Reserve	🇵🇪 Peru	~10%
20	Rincón de la Vieja National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
21	Amacayacu National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	~10%
22	Tortuguero National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
23	Chagres National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	~10%
24	Sierra de la Macarena National Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	~10%
25	Pico Bonito National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	~10%
26	Madidi National Park	🇧🇴 Bolivia	~10%
27	Marino Ballena National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
28	Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	~10%
29	Canaima National Park	🇻🇪 Venezuela	~10%
30	Bastimentos Island National Marine Park	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
31	Manu National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	<5%
32	La Amistad International Park (Panama)	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
33	Biotopo Cerro Cahuí	🇬🇹 Guatemala	<5%
34	Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
35	Cordillera Azul National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	<5%
36	Chirripó National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
37	Cusuco National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	<5%
38	Calakmul Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	<5%
39	Arenal Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
40	Cahuita National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
41	Chingaza National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	<5%
42	Parque Natural Metropolitano	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
43	Farallones de Cali National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	<5%
44	Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
45	Henri Pittier National Park	🇻🇪 Venezuela	Insufficient data
46	Lago de Yojoa	🇭🇳 Honduras	Insufficient data
47	Podocarpus National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	Insufficient data
48	Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas	🇧🇷 Brazil	Insufficient data
49	Volcán Barú National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Great Tinamou in Tikal National Park?

About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Great Tinamou sighting in Tikal National Park, based on 432 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Great Tinamou in Tikal National Park?

June has the highest sighting rate for Great Tinamou in Tikal National Park in our monthly data.

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