Nothura
Genus of birds
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Nothura is a genus of birds in the tinamou family. This genus comprises five members of this South American family.
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| Nothura | |
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| Nothura maculosa, spotted nothura | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Infraclass: | Palaeognathae |
| Order: | Tinamiformes |
| Family: | Tinamidae |
| Subfamily: | Nothurinae |
| Genus: | Nothura Wagler, 1827 |
| Type species | |
| Tinamus boraquira[1] von Spix, 1825 | |
| Species | |
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Nothura boraquira | |
Tinamous are paleognaths related to the flightless ratites. They are probably close in appearance to the flying ancestors of the ratites.[2]
Species
The species in taxonomic order are:[3][4]
- †N. paludosa Mercerat 1897
- †N. parvula (Brodkorb 1963) Tambussi 1989 [Cayeornis parvulus Brodkorb 1963]
- Nothura boraquira, white-bellied nothura, located in northeastern and central Brazil, eastern Bolivia, and northeastern Paraguay[5]
- Nothura minor, lesser nothura, located in the interior of southeastern Brazil[5]
- Nothura darwinii, Darwin's nothura, located in southern Peru, western Bolivia, and southern and western Argentina[5]
- Nothura darwinii darwinii located in south central Argentina[5]
- Nothura darwinii peruviana located in southern Peru[5]
- Nothura darwinii agassizii located in southeastern Peru and western Bolivia[5]
- Nothura darwinii boliviana located in western Bolivia[5]
- Nothura darwinii salvadorii located in western Argentina[5]
- Nothura maculosa, spotted nothura, located in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, eastern and southern Brazil[5]
- Nothura maculosa maculosa located in southern Brazil, Uruguay, eastern Paraguay, and northeastern Argentina[5]
- Nothura maculosa major located in the interior of east central Brazil[5]
- Nothura maculosa nigroguttata located in south central Argentina[5]
- Nothura maculosa cearensis located in northeastern Brazil[5]
- Nothura maculosa paludivaga located in central Paraguay and north central Argentina[5]
- Nothura maculosa annectens located in eastern Argentina[5]
- Nothura maculosa submontana located in southwestern Argentina[5]
- Nothura maculosa pallida located in northwestern Argentina[5]
- Nothura maculosa chacoensis, Chaco nothura, located in northwestern Paraguay and north central Argentina[5]