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Genus of birds
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]
†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] References 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 . ITIS