Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Subsectio: Ornithodira
Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauria
Ordo: Saurischia
Cladus: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Infraclassis: Aves
Cladus: Euavialae
Cladus: Avebrevicauda
Cladus: Pygostylia
Cladus: Ornithothoraces
Cladus: Euornithes
Cladus: Ornithuromorpha
Cladus: Ornithurae
Cladus: Carinatae
Parvclassis: Neornithes
Cohors: Palaeognathae
Ordo: Tinamiformes
Familia: Tinamidae
Subfamilia: Rhynchotinae
Genus: Nothura
Species: N. boraquira – N. darwinii – N. maculosa - N. minor
Name
Nothura Wagler, 1827
Typus
Tinamus boraquira Spix, 1825 = Nothura boraquira
References
Primary references
Systema Avium p.[297]
Additional references
Hayes, F.E., Rodríguez, O., Thalman, E.R., Castellanos, E.A. & Sterling, J. 2018. Taxonomic status of Paraguay’s only endemic bird, the Chaco Nothura Nothura chacoensis (Aves: Tinamidae). Zootaxa 4392(2): 347–360 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4392.2.7 Abstract and full text availableReference page.
Vernacular names
English: Nothuras
español: Tinamúes
lietuvių: Noturos
português: Codornas
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.[1]
Species
The species in taxonomic order are:[2][3]
†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[4]
Nothura minor, lesser nothura, located in the interior of southeastern Brazil[4]
Nothura darwinii, Darwin's nothura, located in southern Peru, western Bolivia, and southern and western Argentina[4]
Nothura darwinii darwinii located in south central Argentina[4]
Nothura darwinii peruviana located in southern Peru[4]
Nothura darwinii agassizii located in southeastern Peru and western Bolivia[4]
Nothura darwinii boliviana located in western Bolivia[4]
Nothura darwinii salvadorii located in western Argentina[4]
Nothura maculosa, spotted nothura, located in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, eastern and southern Brazil[4]
Nothura maculosa maculosa located in southern Brazil, Uruguay, eastern Paraguay, and northeastern Argentina[4]
Nothura maculosa major located in the interior of east central Brazil[4]
Nothura maculosa nigroguttata located in south central Argentina[4]
Nothura maculosa cearensis located in northeastern Brazil[4]
Nothura maculosa paludivaga located in central Paraguay and north central Argentina[4]
Nothura maculosa annectens located in eastern Argentina[4]
Nothura maculosa submontana located in southwestern Argentina[4]
Nothura maculosa pallida located in northwestern Argentina[4]
Nothura maculosa chacoensis, Chaco nothura, located in northwestern Paraguay and north central Argentina[4]
Footnotes
Davies, S. J. J. F. (2003)
Mikko's Phylogeny Archive [1] Haaramo, Mikko (2007). "Tinamiformes - tinamous". Retrieved 30 December 2015.
Paleofile.com (net, info) [2]. "Taxonomic lists- Aves". Retrieved 30 December 2015.
Clements, S. J. J. F. (2008)
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. 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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