Nothura

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Nothura
Perdiz (Nothura maculosa maculosa).jpg
Nothura maculosa, spotted nothura
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Infraclass: Palaeognathae
Order: Tinamiformes
Family: Tinamidae
Subfamily: Nothurinae
Genus: Nothura
Wagler, 1827
Type species
Tinamus boraquira [1]
von Spix, 1825
Species

Nothura boraquira
White-bellied nothura
Nothura minor
Lesser nothura
Nothura darwinii
Darwin's nothura
Nothura maculosa
Spotted nothura

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Nothura is a genus of birds in the tinamou family. This genus comprises five members of this South American family.

Tinamous are paleognaths related to the flightless ratites. They are probably close in appearance to the flying ancestors of the ratites. [2]

Species

The species in taxonomic order are: [3] [4]

Footnotes

  1. "Tinamidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
  2. Davies, S. J. J. F. (2003)
  3. Mikko's Phylogeny Archive Haaramo, Mikko (2007). "Tinamiformes - tinamous" . Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  4. Paleofile.com (net, info) . "Taxonomic lists- Aves" . Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Clements, S. J. J. F. (2008)

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