Tinamus
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
- 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
- * Tinamus tao larensis located in central Colombia and northwestern Venezuela
- * Tinamus tao kleei located in south-central Colombia, eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru, eastern Bolivia, and western Brazil
- * Tinamus tao septentrionalis located in northeastern Venezuela and northwestern Guyana
- * Tinamus tao tao located in north-central Brazil, far eastern Peru, and far northwestern Bolivia
- Tinamus solitarius—solitary tinamou—located in northeastern Argentina, eastern Paraguay, eastern Brazil
- Tinamus osgoodi—black tinamou—located in two small areas: the Andes of southeastern Peru and the Andes of Colombia
- * Tinamus osgoodi osgoodi located in southeastern Peru
- * Tinamus osgoodi hershkovitzi located in parts of Colombia
- Tinamus major—great tinamou—located from southeastern Mexico through Panama, excluding Honduras and from Ecuador to French Guiana parts of Brazil and northern Bolivia,
- * Tinamus major percautus located in southeastern Mexico, Belize, and northern Guatemala
- * Tinamus major robustus located in southeastern Mexico, Guatemala, and northern Nicaragua
- * Tinamus major fuscipennis located in northern Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and western Panama
- * Tinamus major castaneiceps located in southwestern Costa Rica and western Panama
- * Tinamus major brunniventris located in south central Panama
- * Tinamus major saturatus located in eastern Panama and northwestern Colombia
- * Tinamus major latifrons located in southwestern Colombia and western Ecuador
- * Tinamus major zuliensis located in northeastern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela
- * Tinamus major major located in eastern Venezuela and Guyana
- * Tinamus major olivascens located in Amazon Brazil
- * Tinamus major peruvians located in southeastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador, eastern Bolivia, western Brazil, and eastern Peru
- * Tinamus major serratus located in southern Venezuela and northwestern Brazil
Etymology
Tinamus comes from the Galibi tribe and it is what they call the Tinamous.Footnotes
