Tinamotis

Tinamotis

Tinamotis pentlandii, puna tinamou
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Tinamiformes
Family:	Tinamidae
Subfamily:	Nothurinae
Genus:	Tinamotis Vigors, 1837
Species
Tinamotis pentlandii Puna tinamou Tinamotis ingoufi Patagonian tinamou

Tinamotis is a genus of birds in the tinamou family.

Taxonomy

All tinamou are from the family Tinamidae, and in the larger scheme are also ratites. Unlike other ratites, tinamous can fly, although in general, they are not strong fliers. All ratites evolved from prehistoric flying birds, and tinamous are the closest living relative of these birds.^[1]

Species

The species are:

Tinamotis pentlandii, puna tinamou, or Pentland's tinamou located in the Andes of Peru, western Bolivia, northwestern Argentina, and Chile^[2]
Tinamotis ingoufi, Patagonian tinamou, or Ingouf's tinamou located in the savanna of southwestern Argentina and southern Chile^[2]

Footnotes

↑ Davies, S. J. J. F. (2003)
1 2 Clements, J. (2007)

References

Brands, Sheila (Aug 14, 2008). "Systema Naturae 2000 / Classification, Genus Tinamotis". Project: The Taxonomicon. Retrieved 12 Feb 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

Tinaminae

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

Nothurinae

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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