Nothocercus
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| Illustration of Nothocercus nigrocapillus (Hooded Tinamou) by Joseph Smit, 1895 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Tinamiformes |
| Family: | Tinamidae |
| Subfamily: | Tinaminae |
| Genus: | Nothocercus Bonaparte, 1856 |
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Nothocercus bonapartei |
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Nothocercus is a genus of birds in the Tinamou family. Most of this family are flightless birds, with nothocerus being the exception, as they can fly, albeit, not too well.[1] This genus comprises three members of this South American family.
The species are:
- Nothocercus bonapartei, Highland Tinamou located in the Andes of Colombia, Ecuador, northern Peru, western Venezuela, and the highlands of Costa Rica and western Panama[2]
- Nothocercus bonapartei frantzii located in Costa Rica and western Panama[2]
- Nothocercus bonapartei bonapartei located in northwestern Venezuela and northern Colombia[2]
- Nothocercus bonapartei discrepans located in central Colombia[2]
- Nothocercus bonapartei intercedens located in western Colombia[2]
- Nothocercus bonapartei plumbeiceps located in eastern Ecuador and northern Peru[2]
- Nothocercus julius, Tawny-breasted Tinamou located in the Andes of central Colombia, far western Venezuela, locally in Ecuador, and south central Peru[2]
- Nothocercus nigrocapillus, Hooded Tinamou located in the Andes of Peru, and Bolivia[2]
[edit] Footnotes
[edit] References
- Brands, Sheila (Aug 14 2008). "Systema Naturae 2000 / Classification, Genus Nothocercus". Project: The Taxonomicon. http://www.taxonomy.nl/Main/Classification/513570.htm. Retrieved Feb 04 2009.
- Clements, James (2007). The Clements Checklist of the Birds of the World (6 ed.). Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. ISBN 978 0 8014 4501 9.
- Davies, S.J.J.F. (2003). "Tinamous". In Hutchins, Michael. Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. 8 Birds I Tinamous and Ratites to Hoatzins (2 ed.). Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Group. pp. 57–59. ISBN 0 7876 5784 0.
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