Huayco 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: | Rhynchotus |
Species: | R. maculicollis
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Binomial name | |
Rhynchotus maculicollis | |
Synonyms | |
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The huayco tinamou (Rhynchotus maculicollis), also known as waypu (Quechua)[3][4] (also spelled guaipo, huaipo, guaypo, waypo, a name which is also applied for other Tinamidae species[3]), is a species of bird found on grassy mountain ridges in the Andes of Bolivia and Argentina.[5]