Nothocercus

Nothocercus

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
Species
Nothocercus bonapartei Highland tinamou Nothocercus julius Tawny-breasted tinamou Nothocercus nigrocapillus Hooded tinamou

Nothocercus is a genus of birds in the tinamou family. This genus comprises three species 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^[1]
- Nothocercus bonapartei frantzii located in Costa Rica and western Panama^[1]
- Nothocercus bonapartei bonapartei located in northwestern Venezuela and northern Colombia^[1]
- Nothocercus bonapartei discrepans located in central Colombia^[1]
- Nothocercus bonapartei intercedens located in western Colombia^[1]
- Nothocercus bonapartei plumbeiceps located in eastern Ecuador and northern Peru^[1]
Nothocercus julius, tawny-breasted tinamou located in the Andes of central Colombia, far western Venezuela, locally in Ecuador, and south central Peru^[1]
Nothocercus nigrocapillus, hooded tinamou located in the Andes of Peru, and Bolivia^[1]
- Nothocercus nigrocapillus nigrocapillus located in central Peru and Bolivia^[1]
- Nothocercus nigrocapillus cadwaladeri located in northwestern Peru^[1]

Footnotes

Brands, Sheila (Aug 14, 2008). "Systema Naturae 2000 / Classification, Genus Nothocercus". 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.
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.
ITIS

Tinamous (order: Tinamiformes · family: Tinamidae)

Subfamily

Genus	Species

Tinamus	White-throated tinamou Grey tinamou Solitary tinamou Black tinamou Great tinamou

Nothocercus	Highland tinamou Tawny-breasted tinamou Hooded tinamou

Crypturellus	Berlepsch's tinamou Little tinamou Cinereous tinamou Tepui tinamou Brown tinamou Undulated tinamou Pale-browed tinamou Brazilian tinamou Grey-legged tinamou Red-legged tinamou Magdalena tinamou Santa Marta tinamou Colombian tinamou Yellow-legged tinamou Black-capped tinamou Thicket tinamou Slaty-breasted tinamou Choco tinamou Variegated tinamou Rusty tinamou Bartlett's tinamou Small-billed tinamou Barred tinamou Tataupa tinamou

Rhynchotus	Red-winged tinamou Huayco tinamou Taczanowski's tinamou Ornate tinamou Chilean tinamou Brushland tinamou Andean tinamou Curve-billed tinamou

Nothura	White-bellied nothura Lesser nothura Darwin's nothura Spotted nothura Chaco nothura Dwarf or least tinamou

Eudromia	Elegant crested tinamou Quebracho crested tinamou

Tinamotis	Puna or Pentland's tinamou Patagonian or Ingouf's tinamou

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