Nothocercus
| Nothocercus | |
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| Illustration of Nothocercus nigrocapillus (hooded tinamou) by Joseph Smit, 1895 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Tinamiformes |
| Family: | Tinamidae |
| Subfamily: | Tinaminae |
| Genus: | Nothocercus Bonaparte, 1856 |
| Species | |
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Nothocercus bonapartei | |
Nothocercus is a genus of birds in the tinamou family. This genus comprises three species of this South American family.
The species are:
- Nothocercus bonapartei, highland tinamou located in the Andes of Colombia, Ecuador, northern Peru, western Venezuela, and the highlands of Costa Rica and western Panama[1]
- Nothocercus bonapartei frantzii located in Costa Rica and western Panama[1]
- Nothocercus bonapartei bonapartei located in northwestern Venezuela and northern Colombia[1]
- Nothocercus bonapartei discrepans located in central Colombia[1]
- Nothocercus bonapartei intercedens located in western Colombia[1]
- Nothocercus bonapartei plumbeiceps located in eastern Ecuador and northern Peru[1]
- Nothocercus julius, tawny-breasted tinamou located in the Andes of central Colombia, far western Venezuela, locally in Ecuador, and south central Peru[1]
- Nothocercus nigrocapillus, hooded tinamou located in the Andes of Peru, and Bolivia[1]
Footnotes
References
- Brands, Sheila (Aug 14, 2008). "Systema Naturae 2000 / Classification, Genus Nothocercus". 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.
- Davies, S.J.J.F. (2003). "Tinamous". In Hutchins, Michael. Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. 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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