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

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

References

• Brands, Sheila (Aug 14 2008). "Systema Naturae 2000 / Classification, Genus Tinamus". Project: The Taxonomicon. http://www.taxonomy.nl/Main/Classification/51354.htm. Retrieved Feb 04 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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