''Nothura'' is a genus of birds in the

tinamou Tinamous () are members of the order Tinamiformes (), and family Tinamidae (), divided into two distinct subfamily, subfamilies, containing 46 species found in Mexico, Central America, and South America. The word "tinamou" comes from the Carib la ...

family. This genus comprises five members of this

South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It can also be described as the southern Subregion#Americas, subregion o ...

n family. Tinamous are

paleognath Palaeognathae (; ) is an infraclass of birds, called paleognaths or palaeognaths, within the class Aves of the clade Archosauria. It is one of the two extant infraclasses of birds, the other being Neognathae, both of which form Neornithes. Pala ...

s related to the

flightless Flightless birds are birds that cannot fly, as they have, through evolution, lost the ability to. There are over 60 extant species, including the well-known ratites ( ostriches, emus, cassowaries, rheas, and kiwis) and penguins. The smal ...

ratites Ratites () are a polyphyletic group consisting of all birds within the infraclass Palaeognathae that lack keel (bird anatomy), keels and flightless bird, cannot fly. They are mostly large, long-necked, and long-legged, the exception being the Kiw ...

. They are probably close in appearance to the flying ancestors of the ratites.Davies, S. J. J. F. (2003)

Species

The species in taxonomic order are:Mikko's Phylogeny Archiv

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* †'' Nothura paludosa, N. paludosa'' Mercerat 1897 * †'' N. parvula'' (Brodkorb 1963) Tambussi 1989 'Cayeornis parvulus'' Brodkorb 1963">Cayeornis_parvulus.html" ;"title="'Cayeornis parvulus">'Cayeornis parvulus'' Brodkorb 1963* ''Nothura boraquira'', white-bellied nothura, located in northeastern and central

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, eastern

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, and northeastern

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Clements, S. J. J. F. (2008) * ''Nothura minor'', lesser nothura, located in the interior of southeastern

* ''Nothura darwinii'',

Darwin's nothura Darwin's nothura (''Nothura darwinii'') is a type of tinamou commonly found in high-altitude grassland in the southern Andes in South America. Etymology The name of the species is named after Charles Darwin, an eminent England, English natural h ...

, located in southern

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, western

, and southern and western

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** ''Nothura darwinii darwinii'' located in south central

** ''Nothura darwinii peruviana'' located in southern

** ''Nothura darwinii agassizii'' located in southeastern

and western

** ''Nothura darwinii boliviana'' located in western

** ''Nothura darwinii salvadorii'' located in western

* ''Nothura maculosa'',

spotted nothura __NOTOC__ The spotted nothura (''Nothura maculosa'') is a species of tinamou. This bird is native to grassy habitats in eastern and southern Brazil, Paraguay,Bolivia, Uruguay, and eastern and northern Argentina.Clements, J. (2007) Description Th ...

, located in

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, eastern and southern

** ''Nothura maculosa maculosa'' located in southern

, eastern

, and northeastern

** ''Nothura maculosa major'' located in the interior of east central

** ''Nothura maculosa nigroguttata'' located in south central

** ''Nothura maculosa cearensis'' located in northeastern

** ''Nothura maculosa paludivaga'' located in central

and north central

** ''Nothura maculosa annectens'' located in eastern

** ''Nothura maculosa submontana'' located in southwestern

** ''Nothura maculosa pallida'' located in northwestern

** ''Nothura maculosa chacoensis'', Chaco nothura, located in northwestern

and north central

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