''Nothura'' is a genus of

bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweig ...

s in the

tinamou Tinamous () form an order of birds called Tinamiformes (), comprising a single family called Tinamidae (), divided into two distinct subfamilies, containing 46 species found in Mexico, Central America, and South America. The word "tinamou" comes ...

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 relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the souther ...

n family. Tinamous are

paleognath Palaeognathae (; ) is a infraclass of birds, called paleognaths, 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. Palaeognathae conta ...

s related to the

flightless Flightless birds are birds that through evolution lost the ability to fly. There are over 60 extant species, including the well known ratites ( ostriches, emu, cassowaries, rheas, and kiwi) and penguins. The smallest flightless bird is ...

ratites A ratite () is any of a diverse group of flightless, large, long-necked, and long-legged birds of the infraclass Palaeognathae. Kiwi, the exception, are much smaller and shorter-legged and are the only nocturnal extant ratites. The systematics ...

. 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

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

, eastern

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, and northeastern

Paraguay Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to th ...

Clements, S. J. J. F. (2008) * ''Nothura minor'',

lesser nothura The lesser nothura (''Nothura minor'') is a type of tinamou found in lowland dry grassland habitats in subtropical and tropical regions of southeastern South America.Clements, J. (2007) Taxonomy This is a monotypic species. All tinamou are from ...

, 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 English naturalist, to co ...

, located in southern

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, western

, and southern and western

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, t ...

** ''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, Uruguay, and eastern and northern Argentina.Clements, J. (2007) Description The ...

, 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 The Chaco nothura (''Nothura maculosa chacoensis'') is a type of tinamou commonly found in brushlandBirdLife International (2008) in Argentina and Paraguay. Description The Chaco nothura is approximately in length. It is similar to the spotted ...

, located in northwestern

and north central

Footnotes

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