Tinamus
| Tinamus | |
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| Great tinamou (Tinamus major) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Infraclass: | Palaeognathae |
| Order: | Tinamiformes |
| Family: | Tinamidae |
| Subfamily: | Tinaminae |
| Genus: | Tinamus Hermann, 1783 |
| Species | |
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Tinamus guttatus | |
Tinamus is a genus of birds in the tinamou family. This genus comprises some of the larger members of this South American family.
The species in taxonomic order are:
- Tinamus guttatus—white-throated tinamou—located in southeastern Colombia, southern Venezuela, Amazonian Brazil, and northern Bolivia[1]
- Tinamus tao—grey tinamou—located in northern and western Brazil, eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru, northern Bolivia, Colombia east of the Andes, northwestern and northeastern Venezuela, and northwestern Guyana[1]
- Tinamus tao larensis located in central Colombia and northwestern Venezuela[1]
- Tinamus tao kleei located in south-central Colombia, eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru, eastern Bolivia, and western Brazil[1]
- Tinamus tao septentrionalis located in northeastern Venezuela and northwestern Guyana[1]
- Tinamus tao tao located in north-central Brazil, far eastern Peru, and far northwestern Bolivia[1]
- Tinamus solitarius—solitary tinamou—located in northeastern Argentina (Misiones), eastern Paraguay, eastern Brazil[1]
- Tinamus osgoodi—black tinamou—located in two small areas: the Andes of southeastern Peru and the Andes of Colombia[1]
- Tinamus major—great tinamou—located from southeastern Mexico through Panama, excluding Honduras and from Ecuador to French Guiana parts of Brazil and northern Bolivia,[1]
- Tinamus major percautus located in southeastern Mexico, Belize, and northern Guatemala[1]
- Tinamus major robustus located in southeastern Mexico, Guatemala, and northern Nicaragua[1]
- Tinamus major fuscipennis located in northern Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and western Panama[1]
- Tinamus major castaneiceps located in southwestern Costa Rica and western Panama[1]
- Tinamus major brunniventris located in south central Panama[1]
- Tinamus major saturatus located in eastern Panama and northwestern Colombia[1]
- Tinamus major latifrons located in southwestern Colombia and western Ecuador[1]
- Tinamus major zuliensis located in northeastern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela[1]
- Tinamus major major located in eastern Venezuela and Guyana[1]
- Tinamus major olivascens located in Amazon Brazil[1]
- Tinamus major peruvians located in southeastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador, eastern Bolivia, western Brazil, and eastern Peru[1]
- Tinamus major serratus located in southern Venezuela and northwestern Brazil[1]
Etymology
Tinamus comes from the Galibi tribe and it is what they call the Tinamous.[2]
Footnotes
References
- Brands, Sheila (Aug 14, 2008). "Systema Naturae 2000 / Classification, Genus Tinamus". Project: The Taxonomicon. Retrieved Feb 4, 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.
- Gotch, A. F. (1995) [1979]. "Tinamous". Latin Names Explained. A Guide to the Scientific Classifications of Reptiles, Birds & Mammals. New York, NY: Facts on File. p. 182. ISBN 0-8160-3377-3.
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