Nothura is a genus of birds in the tinamou family. This genus comprises five members of this South American family.
Nothura | |
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Nothura maculosa, spotted nothura | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
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
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Species | |
Nothura boraquira |
Tinamous are paleognaths related to the flightless ratites. They are probably close in appearance to the flying ancestors of the ratites.[2]
Species
editThe species in taxonomic order are:[3][4]
- †N. paludosa Mercerat 1897
- †N. parvula (Brodkorb 1963) Tambussi 1989 [Cayeornis parvulus Brodkorb 1963]
- Nothura boraquira, white-bellied nothura, located in northeastern and central Brazil, eastern Bolivia, and northeastern Paraguay[5]
- Nothura minor, lesser nothura, located in the interior of southeastern Brazil[5]
- Nothura darwinii, Darwin's nothura, located in southern Peru, western Bolivia, and southern and western Argentina[5]
- Nothura darwinii darwinii located in south central Argentina[5]
- Nothura darwinii peruviana located in southern Peru[5]
- Nothura darwinii agassizii located in southeastern Peru and western Bolivia[5]
- Nothura darwinii boliviana located in western Bolivia[5]
- Nothura darwinii salvadorii located in western Argentina[5]
- Nothura maculosa, spotted nothura, located in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, eastern and southern Brazil[5]
- Nothura maculosa maculosa located in southern Brazil, Uruguay, eastern Paraguay, and northeastern Argentina[5]
- Nothura maculosa major located in the interior of east central Brazil[5]
- Nothura maculosa nigroguttata located in south central Argentina[5]
- Nothura maculosa cearensis located in northeastern Brazil[5]
- Nothura maculosa paludivaga located in central Paraguay and north central Argentina[5]
- Nothura maculosa annectens located in eastern Argentina[5]
- Nothura maculosa submontana located in southwestern Argentina[5]
- Nothura maculosa pallida located in northwestern Argentina[5]
- Nothura maculosa chacoensis, Chaco nothura, located in northwestern Paraguay and north central Argentina[5]
Footnotes
edit- ^ "Tinamidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
- ^ Davies, S. J. J. F. (2003)
- ^ Mikko's Phylogeny Archive [1] Haaramo, Mikko (2007). "Tinamiformes - tinamous". Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ^ Paleofile.com (net, info) [2]. "Taxonomic lists- Aves". Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Clements, S. J. J. F. (2008)
References
edit- Brands, Sheila (Aug 14, 2008). "Systema Naturae 2000 / Classification, Genus Nothura". 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 (ed.). Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. Vol. 8 Birds I Tinamous and Ratites to Hoatzins (2 ed.). Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Group. pp. 57–59. ISBN 0-7876-5784-0.
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