Rhynchotus

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

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

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. 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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