Tinamus

Tinamus is a genus of birds in the tinamou family. This genus comprises some of the larger members of this South American family.

Tinamus
Great tinamou (Tinamus major)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Tinamiformes
Family:	Tinamidae
Subfamily:	Tinaminae
Genus:	Tinamus Hermann, 1783
Species
Tinamus guttatus White-throated tinamou Tinamus tao Grey tinamou Tinamus solitarius Solitary tinamou Tinamus osgoodi Black tinamou Tinamus major Great tinamou

The species in taxonomic order are:

• Tinamus guttatus—white-throated tinamou—located in southeastern Colombia, southern Venezuela, Amazonian Brazil, and northern Bolivia[1]
• Tinamus tao—grey tinamou—located in northern and western Brazil, eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru, northern Bolivia, Colombia east of the Andes, northwestern and northeastern Venezuela, and northwestern Guyana[1]
  • Tinamus tao larensis located in central Colombia and northwestern Venezuela[1]
  • Tinamus tao kleei located in south-central Colombia, eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru, eastern Bolivia, and western Brazil[1]
  • Tinamus tao septentrionalis located in northeastern Venezuela and northwestern Guyana[1]
  • Tinamus tao tao located in north-central Brazil, far eastern Peru, and far northwestern Bolivia[1]
• Tinamus solitarius—solitary tinamou—located in northeastern Argentina (Misiones), eastern Paraguay, eastern Brazil[1]
• Tinamus osgoodi—black tinamou—located in two small areas: the Andes of southeastern Peru and the Andes of Colombia[1]
  • Tinamus osgoodi osgoodi located in southeastern Peru[1]
  • Tinamus osgoodi hershkovitzi located in parts of Colombia[1]
• Tinamus major—great tinamou—located from southeastern Mexico through Panama, excluding Honduras and from Ecuador to French Guiana parts of Brazil and northern Bolivia,[1]
  • Tinamus major percautus located in southeastern Mexico, Belize, and northern Guatemala[1]
  • Tinamus major robustus located in southeastern Mexico, Guatemala, and northern Nicaragua[1]
  • Tinamus major fuscipennis located in northern Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and western Panama[1]
  • Tinamus major castaneiceps located in southwestern Costa Rica and western Panama[1]
  • Tinamus major brunniventris located in south central Panama[1]
  • Tinamus major saturatus located in eastern Panama and northwestern Colombia[1]
  • Tinamus major latifrons located in southwestern Colombia and western Ecuador[1]
  • Tinamus major zuliensis located in northeastern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela[1]
  • Tinamus major major located in eastern Venezuela and Guyana[1]
  • Tinamus major olivascens located in Amazon Brazil[1]
  • Tinamus major peruvians located in southeastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador, eastern Bolivia, western Brazil, and eastern Peru[1]
  • Tinamus major serratus located in southern Venezuela and northwestern Brazil[1]

Etymology

Tinamus comes from the Galibi tribe and it is what they call the Tinamous.[2]

Footnotes

1. Clements, J (2007)
2. Gotch, A. F. (1995)

References

• Brands, Sheila (Aug 14, 2008). "Systema Naturae 2000 / Classification, Genus Tinamus". 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.
• Gotch, A. F. (1995) [1979]. "Tinamous". Latin Names Explained. A Guide to the Scientific Classifications of Reptiles, Birds & Mammals. New York, NY: Facts on File. p. 182. ISBN 0-8160-3377-3.
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