Rhynchotus

Rhynchotus is a genus of birds in the tinamou family. This genus comprises two members of this South American family.

Rhynchotus
Red-winged tinamou, Rhynchotus rufescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Tinamiformes
Family:	Tinamidae
Subfamily:	Nothurinae
Genus:	Rhynchotus Spix, 1825
Species
Rhynchotus rufescens Red-winged tinamou Rhynchotus maculicollis Huayco tinamou

Taxonomy

Tinamous have evolved from ratites and are the only extant ratites that fly, and are the closest to the ancestral flying ratites.[1]

Species

The species are:

• The red-winged tinamou, Rhynchotus rufescens, located in northern and central Argentina, Brazil, except the western portion, Paraguay, Colombia, and southeastern Peru,[2] and possibly in Uruguay[1]
  • R. rufescens rufescens, located in southeastern Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, southeastern Brazil, and northeastern Argentina.[2]
  • R. rufescens catingae, located in central and northeastern Brazil[2]
  • R. rufescens pallascens, located in northeastern Argentina[2]
• The huayco tinamou, Rhynchotus maculicollis, located in the Andes of northwestern Argentina and Bolivia.[2]

Footnotes

1. Davies, S. J. J. F. (2003)
2. Clements, J. (2007)

References

• Brands, Sheila (Aug 14, 2008). "Systema Naturae 2000 / Classification, Genus Rhynchotus". Project: The Taxonomicon. Retrieved Feb 9, 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, 64. ISBN 0-7876-5784-0.
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