Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Aves
Subclassis: Carinatae
Infraclassis: Neornithes
Parvclassis: Palaeognathae
Ordo: Tinamiformes
Familia: Tinamidae
Subfamilia: Tinaminae
Genus: Nothocercus
Species: N. bonapartei - N. julius - N. nigrocapillus
Name
Nothocercus Bonaparte, 1856
References
* Compt.Rend. 42 p.881
Nothocercus is a genus of birds in the Tinamou family. Most of this family are flightless birds, with nothocerus being the exception, as they can fly, albeit, not too well.[2] This genus comprises three members of this South American family.
The species are:
* Nothocercus bonapartei, Highland Tinamou located in the Andes of Colombia, Ecuador, northern Peru, western Venezuela, and the highlands of Costa Rica and western Panama[3]
o Nothocercus bonapartei frantzii located in Costa Rica and western Panama[3]
o Nothocercus bonapartei bonapartei located in northwestern Venezuela and northern Colombia[3]
o Nothocercus bonapartei discrepans located in central Colombia[3]
o Nothocercus bonapartei intercedens located in western Colombia[3]
o Nothocercus bonapartei plumbeiceps located in eastern Ecuador and northern Peru[3]
* Nothocercus julius, Tawny-breasted Tinamou located in the Andes of central Colombia, far western Venezuela, locally in Ecuador, and south central Peru[3]
* Nothocercus nigrocapillus, Hooded Tinamou located in the Andes of Peru, and Bolivia[3]
o Nothocercus nigrocapillus nigrocapillus located in central Peru and Bolivia[3]
o Nothocercus nigrocapillus cadwaladeri located in northwestern Peru[3]
Footnotes
1. ^ Brands, S. (2008)
2. ^ Davies, S. J. J. F. (2003)
3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Clements, J. (2007)
References
* Brands, Sheila (Aug 14 2008). "Systema Naturae 2000 / Classification, Genus Nothocercus". Project: The Taxonomicon. http://www.taxonomy.nl/Main/Classification/513570.htm. Retrieved Feb 04 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. ISBN 0 7876 5784 0.
