Rhynchotus
Genus of birds
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Rhynchotus is a genus of birds in the tinamou family. This genus comprises two members of this South American family.
| Rhynchotus | |
|---|---|
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| Red-winged tinamou, Rhynchotus rufescens | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Infraclass: | Palaeognathae |
| Order: | Tinamiformes |
| Family: | Tinamidae |
| Subfamily: | Nothurinae |
| Genus: | Rhynchotus Spix, 1825 |
| Type species | |
| Tinamus rufescens[1] Temminck, 1815 | |
| Species | |
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Rhynchotus rufescens | |
Taxonomy
Tinamous have evolved from ratites and are the only extant ratites that fly, and are the closest to the ancestral flying ratites.[2]
Species
The species are:
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| red-winged tinamou
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Rhynchotus rufescens (Temminck, 1815) |
Northern and central Argentina, Brazil, except the western portion, Paraguay, Colombia, and southeastern Peru,[3] and possibly in Uruguay[2] |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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| huayco tinamou
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Rhynchotus maculicollis G.R. Gray, 1867 |
Andes of northwestern Argentina and Bolivia.[3] |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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