Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Cladus: Avemetatarsalia
Cladus: Ornithodira
Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauriformes
Cladus: Dracohors
Cladus: Dinosauria
Cladus: Saurischia
Cladus: Eusaurischia
Subordo: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Cladus: Averostra
Cladus: Tetanurae
Cladus: Avetheropoda
Cladus: Coelurosauria
Cladus: Tyrannoraptora
Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha
Cladus: Maniraptoriformes
Cladus: Maniraptora
Cladus: Pennaraptora
Cladus: Paraves
Cladus: Eumaniraptora
Cladus: Avialae
Infraclassis: Aves
Cladus: Avebrevicauda
Cladus: Pygostylia
Cladus: Ornithothoraces
Cladus: Ornithuromorpha
Cladus: Carinatae
Parvclassis: Neornithes
Cohors: Palaeognathae
Ordo: Tinamiformes
Familia: Tinamidae
Subfamilia: Tinaminae
Genus: Nothocercus
Species: N. bonapartei - N. julius - N. nigrocapillus
Name
Nothocercus Bonaparte, 1856
Typus: Tinamus julius Bonaparte, 1854 = Nothocercus julius
References
Bonaparte, C.L. 1856. Tableaux paralléliques de l'ordre des Gallinacés. Compte Rendu des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences. 42: 874–888 BHL; 952–957 BHL Reference page. p. 881
Vernacular names
lietuvių: Notocerkai
Nothocercus is a genus of birds in the tinamou family. This genus comprises three species of this South American family.
Nothocercus julius (the tawny-breasted tinamou) occupies humid montane forest at middle to high elevations in the Andes from Venezuela south to Peru. It is currently losing its habitat due to clearance of the forest due to agricultural and livestock grazing.[2]
Etymology
Nothocercus: Greek: νοθος nothos "spurious"; κερκος kerkos "tail"[3]
Species
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[4]
Nothocercus bonapartei frantzii located in Costa Rica and western Panama[4]
Nothocercus bonapartei bonapartei located in northwestern Venezuela and northern Colombia[4]
Nothocercus bonapartei discrepans located in central Colombia[4]
Nothocercus bonapartei intercedens located in western Colombia[4]
Nothocercus bonapartei plumbeiceps located in eastern Ecuador and northern Peru[4]
Nothocercus julius, tawny-breasted tinamou located in the Andes of central Colombia, far western Venezuela, locally in Ecuador, and south central Peru[4]
Nothocercus nigrocapillus, hooded tinamou located in the Andes of Peru, and Bolivia[4]
Nothocercus nigrocapillus nigrocapillus located in central Peru and Bolivia[4]
Nothocercus nigrocapillus cadwaladeri located in northwestern Peru[4]
Footnotes
"Tinamidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
"Tawny-breasted Tinamou Nothocercus julius - Introduction". Neotropical Birds. doi:10.2173/bow.tabtin1.01. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
Jobling, J.A. (2017). "Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology". In del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions.
Clements, J. (2007)
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 (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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