Crypturellus | |
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Tataupa tinamou (Crypturellus tataupa) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Infraclass: | Palaeognathae |
Order: | Tinamiformes |
Family: | Tinamidae |
Subfamily: | Tinaminae |
Genus: | Crypturellus Brabourne & Chubb, C, 1914 |
Type species | |
Tinamus tataupa (Tataupa tinamou) Temminck, 1815
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Species | |
†Crypturellus reai Chandler 2012 |
Crypturellus is a genus of tinamous containing mostly forest species. However, there are the odd few that are grassland or steppe tinamous. The genus contains 21 species.