| Rhynchotus | |
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| Red-winged tinamou, Rhynchotus rufescens | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Class: | Aves |
| Infraclass: | Palaeognathae |
| Order: | Tinamiformes |
| Family: | Tinamidae |
| Subfamily: | Nothurinae |
| Genus: | Rhynchotus Spix, 1825 |
| Type species | |
| Tinamus rufescens [1] Temminck, 1815 | |
| Species | |
Rhynchotus rufescens Contents | |
Rhynchotus is a genus of birds in the tinamou family. This genus comprises two members of this South American family.
Tinamous have evolved from ratites and are the only extant ratites that fly, and are the closest to the ancestral flying ratites. [2]
The species are:
| Image | Scientific name | Subspecies | Distribution |
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 | red-winged tinamou, Rhynchotus rufescens | located in northern and central Argentina, Brazil, except the western portion, Paraguay, Colombia, and southeastern Peru, [3] and possibly in Uruguay [2] | |
| The huayco tinamou, Rhynchotus maculicollis | Andes of northwestern Argentina and Bolivia. [3] | ||
The red-winged tinamou is a medium-sized ground-living bird from central and eastern South America. Other common names for the species include perdiz grande, rufous tinamou, and ynambu.
The white-throated tinamou is a species of bird native to the Amazon rainforest of Brazil, northern Bolivia, southeastern Colombia, northeastern Ecuador, eastern Peru and southern Venezuela.
The brown tinamou is a brownish ground bird found in humid lowland and montane forest in tropical and subtropical South America.
The puna tinamou also known as Pentland's tinamou, is a member of the most ancient groups of bird families, the tinamous. This species is native to southern South America. The binomial name of the species commemorates the Irish natural scientist Joseph Barclay Pentland (1797–1873) by Nicholas Aylward Vigors in 1837. The IUCN list this species as Least Concern, with an occurrence range of 590,000 km2 (230,000 sq mi).
The tawny-breasted tinamou is a type of ground bird found in montane moist forest. Their range is northwestern South America.
The hooded tinamou is a type of ground bird found in forests of Bolivia and Peru.
The tepui tinamou is a type of ground bird found in montane moist forest on tepuis, in southeastern Venezuela.
The Brazilian tinamou is a type of tinamou found in tropical moist lowland forest in regions of Amazonian South America.
The rusty tinamou or short-billed tinamou is a type of tinamou commonly found in swamp forest in tropical regions of South America.
The small-billed tinamou is a type of Tinamou commonly found in dry savanna in Amazonian South America.
The barred tinamou is a type of tinamou commonly found in lowland moist forest in subtropical and tropical regions of northern South America.
The brushland tinamou is a type of tinamou commonly found in high-altitude dry shrubland in subtropical and tropical regions of southern South America.
The dwarf tinamou, also known as the least tinamou, is a small, superficially partridge-like bird with short tail and wings, found only in Brazil. This tinamou is the only member of the genus Taoniscus and it is considered an endangered species.
The Chaco nothura is a type of tinamou commonly found in brushland in Argentina and Paraguay.
The quebracho crested tinamou is a species of tinamou found in dry forest habitats in Paraguay and northern Argentina in South America.
The Patagonian tinamou also known as Ingouf's tinamou is a member of one of the most ancient groups of paleognath birds, the tinamous. This species is native to southern South America.
The huayco tinamou, also known as waypu (Quechua), is a species of bird found on grassy mountain ridges in the Andes of Bolivia and Argentina.
Tinamotis is a genus of birds in the tinamou family.
Eudromia is a genus of birds in the tinamou family. This genus comprises two crested members of this South American family.
Nothura is a genus of birds in the tinamou family. This genus comprises five members of this South American family.
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