Nothocercus

Nothocercus
Illustration of Nothocercus nigrocapillus (hooded tinamou) by Joseph Smit, 1895
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Tinamiformes
Family:	Tinamidae
Subfamily:	Tinaminae
Genus:	Nothocercus Bonaparte, 1856
Species
Nothocercus bonapartei Highland tinamou Nothocercus julius Tawny-breasted tinamou Nothocercus nigrocapillus Hooded tinamou

Nothocercus is a genus of birds in the tinamou family. This genus comprises three species of this South American family.

Etymology

Nothocercus: Greek: νοθος nothos “spurious”; κερκος kerkos “tail”^[1]

Species

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^[2]
  • Nothocercus bonapartei frantzii located in Costa Rica and western Panama^[2]
  • Nothocercus bonapartei bonapartei located in northwestern Venezuela and northern Colombia^[2]
  • Nothocercus bonapartei discrepans located in central Colombia^[2]
  • Nothocercus bonapartei intercedens located in western Colombia^[2]
  • Nothocercus bonapartei plumbeiceps located in eastern Ecuador and northern Peru^[2]
• Nothocercus julius, tawny-breasted tinamou located in the Andes of central Colombia, far western Venezuela, locally in Ecuador, and south central Peru^[2]
• Nothocercus nigrocapillus, hooded tinamou located in the Andes of Peru, and Bolivia^[2]
  • Nothocercus nigrocapillus nigrocapillus located in central Peru and Bolivia^[2]
  • Nothocercus nigrocapillus cadwaladeri located in northwestern Peru^[2]

Footnotes

References

• Brands, Sheila (Aug 14, 2008). "Systema Naturae 2000 / Classification, Genus Nothocercus". Project: The Taxonomicon. Retrieved Feb 4, 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.
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