Ornate tinamou | |
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N. ornata observed in Peru | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Infraclass: | Palaeognathae |
Order: | Tinamiformes |
Family: | Tinamidae |
Genus: | Nothoprocta |
Species: | N. ornata
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Binomial name | |
Nothoprocta ornata (G. R. Gray, 1867)[2]
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Subspecies[2] | |
N. o. ornata | |
Synonyms | |
Nothoprocta kalinowskii[citation needed] |
The ornate tinamou (Nothoprocta ornata) is a type of tinamou commonly found in the high altitude grassland and dry shrubland in subtropical and tropical regions of west central South America.[3]