Nothocercus is a genus of birds in the tinamou family. This genus comprises three species of this South American family.
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| Illustration of Nothocercus nigrocapillus (hooded tinamou) by Joseph Smit, 1895 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Infraclass: | Palaeognathae |
| Order: | Tinamiformes |
| Family: | Tinamidae |
| Subfamily: | Tinaminae |
| Genus: | Nothocercus Bonaparte, 1856 |
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| Tinamus julius[1] Bonaparte, 1854
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Nothocercus julius (the tawny-breasted tinamou) occupies humid montane forest at middle to high elevations in the Andes from Venezuela south to Peru. It is currently losing its habitat due to clearance of the forest due to agricultural and livestock grazing.[2]
Etymology
editNothocercus: Greek: νοθος nothos "spurious"; κερκος kerkos "tail"[3]
Species
editThe 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[4]
- Nothocercus bonapartei frantzii located in Costa Rica and western Panama[4]
- Nothocercus bonapartei bonapartei located in northwestern Venezuela and northern Colombia[4]
- Nothocercus bonapartei discrepans located in central Colombia[4]
- Nothocercus bonapartei intercedens located in western Colombia[4]
- Nothocercus bonapartei plumbeiceps located in eastern Ecuador and northern Peru[4]
- Nothocercus julius, tawny-breasted tinamou located in the Andes of central Colombia, far western Venezuela, locally in Ecuador, and south central Peru[4]
- Nothocercus nigrocapillus, hooded tinamou located in the Andes of Peru, and Bolivia[4]
Footnotes
edit- ^ "Tinamidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
- ^ "Tawny-breasted Tinamou Nothocercus julius - Introduction". Neotropical Birds. doi:10.2173/bow.tabtin1.01. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
- ^ Jobling, J.A. (2017). "Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology". In del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Clements, J. (2007)
References
edit- 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 (ed.). Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. Vol. 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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