Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis: Sarcopterygii
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
Ordo: Saurischia
Cladus: Eusaurischia
Cladus: 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: Euavialae
Cladus: Avebrevicauda
Cladus: Pygostylia
Cladus: Ornithothoraces
Cladus: Euornithes
Cladus: Ornithuromorpha
Cladus: Ornithurae
Cladus: Carinatae
Parvclassis: Neornithes
Cohors: Palaeognathae
Ordo: Tinamiformes
Familia: Tinamidae
Subfamilia: Tinaminae
Genus: Tinamus
Species: T. guttatus - T. major - T. osgoodi - T. solitarius - T. tao
Name
Tinamus Hermann, 1783: 164
References
Hermann, J. 1783. Tabula affinitatum animalium olim academico specimine edita, nunc uberiore commentario illustrata com annotationibus ad historiam naturalem animalium augendam facientibus. Argentorati [Strasbourg]. BHL Reference page. [original description: p. 164, 235]
Vernacular names
Deutsch: Tinamu
English: Tinamou
suomi: Isotinamit
français: Tinamou
lietuvių: Miškiniai tinamai
português: macuco, macuca, tona
русский: Тинаму
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
Clements, J (2007)
Gotch, A. F. (1995)
References
Brands, Sheila (Aug 14, 2008). "Systema Naturae 2000 / Classification, Genus Tinamus". 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.
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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