Tinamotis

Tinamotis is a genus of birds in the tinamou family.

Tinamotis
Tinamotis pentlandii, puna tinamou
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Tinamiformes
Family:	Tinamidae
Subfamily:	Nothurinae
Genus:	Tinamotis Vigors, 1837
Species
Tinamotis pentlandii Puna tinamou Tinamotis ingoufi Patagonian tinamou

Taxonomy

All tinamou are from the family Tinamidae, and in the larger scheme are also ratites. Unlike other ratites, tinamous can fly, although in general, they are not strong fliers. All ratites evolved from prehistoric flying birds, and tinamous are the closest living relative of these birds.[1]

Species

The species are:

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Tinamotis pentlandii	puna tinamou, or Pentland's tinamou	the Andes of Peru, western Bolivia, northwestern Argentina, and Chile[2]
	Tinamotis ingoufi	Patagonian tinamou, or Ingouf's tinamou	the savanna of southwestern Argentina and southern Chile[2]

Footnotes

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

References

• Brands, Sheila (Aug 14, 2008). "Systema Naturae 2000 / Classification, Genus Tinamotis". 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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