Andean tinamou | |
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Illustration by Joseph Smit, 1895 | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Infraclass: | Palaeognathae |
Order: | Tinamiformes |
Family: | Tinamidae |
Genus: | Nothoprocta |
Species: | N. pentlandii
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Binomial name | |
Nothoprocta pentlandii | |
Subspecies[2] | |
N. p. pentlandii | |
The Andean tinamou (Nothoprocta pentlandii) is a tinamou, found commonly in high-altitude shrubland, in the Andes of South America.[3]