Tinamotis

Tinamotis
Tinamotis pentlandii, puna tinamou
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Dinosauria
Class:	Aves
Infraclass:	Palaeognathae
Order:	Tinamiformes
Family:	Tinamidae
Subfamily:	Nothurinae
Genus:	Tinamotis Vigors, 1837
Type species
Tinamotis pentlandii[1] Vigors, 1837
Species
Tinamotis pentlandii Puna tinamou Tinamotis ingoufi Patagonian tinamou

Tinamotis is a genus of birds in the tinamou family.

Taxonomy

All tinamou are from the family Tinamidae, and in the larger scheme are also ratites. Unlike other ratites, tinamous can fly, although in general, they are not strong fliers. All ratites evolved from prehistoric flying birds, and tinamous are the closest living relative of these birds.^[2]

Species

The species are:

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Tinamotis pentlandii	puna tinamou, or Pentland's tinamou	the Andes of Peru, western Bolivia, northwestern Argentina, and Chile[3]
	Tinamotis ingoufi	Patagonian tinamou, or Ingouf's tinamou	the savanna of southwestern Argentina and southern Chile[3]

Footnotes

References

• . Retrieved 12 Feb 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.
• ITIS

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