Nothocercus

Nothocercus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Tinamiformes
Family:	Tinamidae
Subfamily:	Tinaminae
Genus:	Nothocercus Bonaparte, 1856[1]
Species
Nothocercus bonapartei Highland Tinamou Nothocercus julius Tawny-breasted Tinamou Nothocercus nigrocapillus Hooded Tinamou

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]
  • Nothocercus bonapartei frantzii located in Costa Rica and western Panama^[3]
  • Nothocercus bonapartei bonapartei located in northwestern Venezuela and northern Colombia^[3]
  • Nothocercus bonapartei discrepans located in central Colombia^[3]
  • Nothocercus bonapartei intercedens located in western Colombia^[3]
  • 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]
  • Nothocercus nigrocapillus nigrocapillus located in central Peru and Bolivia^[3]
  • 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. 
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