tinamou - Species

A partridge-like bird, native to the New World tropics; inhabits woodland, scrub, or grassland; eats plant material, insects, and (occasionally) mice; eggs incubated by male. (Family: Tinamidae, c.50 species.)

iTinamou
Great Tinamou, Tinamus major
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Tinamiformes Huxley, 1872 Family: Tinamidae G.R. Gray, 1840
Genera
Tinamus Nothocercus Crypturellus Rhynchotus Nothoprocta Nothura Taoniscus Eudromia Tinamotis

The tinamous are one of the most ancient groups of bird, members of a South American bird family of about 47 species in 9 genera.

Species

White-throated Tinamou, Tinamus guttatus Grey Tinamou, Tinamus tao Solitary Tinamou, Tinamus solitarius Black Tinamou, Tinamus osgoodi Great Tinamou, Tinamus major Highland Tinamou, Nothocercus bonapartei Tawny-breasted Tinamou, Nothocercus julius Hooded Tinamou, Nothocercus nigrocapillus Berlepsch's Tinamou, Crypturellus berlepschi Little Tinamou, Crypturellus soui Cinereous Tinamou, Crypturellus cinereus Tepui Tinamou, Crypturellus ptaritepui Brown Tinamou, Crypturellus obsoletus Undulated Tinamou, Crypturellus undulatus Pale-browed Tinamou, Crypturellus transfasciatus Brazilian Tinamou, Crypturellus strigulosus Grey-legged Tinamou, Crypturellus duidae Red-legged Tinamou, Crypturellus erythropus Magdalena Tinamou, Crypturellus (erythropus) saltuarius Yellow-legged Tinamou, Crypturellus noctivagus Black-capped Tinamou, Crypturellus atrocapillus Thicket Tinamou, Crypturellus cinnamomeus Slaty-breasted Tinamou, Crypturellus boucardi Choco Tinamou, Crypturellus kerriae Variegated Tinamou, Crypturellus variegatus Rusty Tinamou, Crypturellus brevirostris Bartlett's Tinamou, Crypturellus bartletti Small-billed Tinamou, Crypturellus parvirostris Barred Tinamou, Crypturellus casiquiare Tataupa Tinamou, Crypturellus tataupa Red-winged Tinamou, Rhynchotus rufescens Taczanowski's Tinamou, Nothoprocta taczanowskii Ornate Tinamou, Nothoprocta ornata Chilean Tinamou, Nothoprocta perdicaria Brushland Tinamou, Nothoprocta cinerascens Andean Tinamou, Nothoprocta pentlandii Curve-billed Tinamou, Nothoprocta curvirostris White-bellied Nothura, Nothura boraquira Lesser Nothura, Nothura minor Darwin's Nothura, Nothura darwinii Spotted Nothura, Nothura maculosa Chaco Nothura, Nothura chacoensis Dwarf Tinamou, Taoniscus nanus Elegant Crested Tinamou, Eudromia elegans Quebracho Crested Tinamou, Eudromia formosa Puna Tinamou, Tinamotis pentlandii Patagonian Tinamou, Tinamotis ingoufi