Rhynchotus is a genus of birds in the tinamou family. This genus comprises two members of this South American family.
Rhynchotus | |
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Red-winged tinamou, Rhynchotus rufescens | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Infraclass: | Palaeognathae |
Order: | Tinamiformes |
Family: | Tinamidae |
Subfamily: | Nothurinae |
Genus: | Rhynchotus Spix, 1825 |
Type species | |
Tinamus rufescens[1] Temminck, 1815 | |
Species | |
Rhynchotus rufescens |
Taxonomy
Tinamous have evolved from ratites and are the only extant ratites that fly, and are the closest to the ancestral flying ratites.[2]
Species
The species are:
Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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red-winged tinamou | Rhynchotus rufescens (Temminck, 1815) | Northern and central Argentina, Brazil, except the western portion, Paraguay, Colombia, and southeastern Peru,[3] and possibly in Uruguay[2]![]() | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC
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huayco tinamou | Rhynchotus maculicollis G.R. Gray, 1867 | Andes of northwestern Argentina and Bolivia.[3]![]() | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC
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Footnotes
References
- Brands, Sheila (Aug 14, 2008). "Systema Naturae 2000 / Classification, Genus Rhynchotus". Project: The Taxonomicon. Retrieved Feb 9, 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, 64. ISBN 0-7876-5784-0.
- ITIS
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