CHICHICUILOTE In Mexico : From the Nahuatl atzicuilotl, which comes from atl, water, tzitzicuiltic, skinny, and huilotl, pigeon; 'skinny water pigeon'. Migratory bird of which there are 11 species in Mexico They belong to the family Scolopacidae of the order of the caradriformes, It is a small bird, similar to the pigeon, thin and straight beak, which lives near the sea, lakes or swamps, and whose meat is edible