Red-winged tinamou | |
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at Parque das Aves, Brazil | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Infraclass: | Palaeognathae |
Order: | Tinamiformes |
Family: | Tinamidae |
Genus: | Rhynchotus |
Species: | R. rufescens
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Binomial name | |
Rhynchotus rufescens | |
Subspecies[2] | |
R. r. rufescens (Temminck, 1815) | |
The red-winged tinamou (Rhynchotus rufescens) is a medium-sized ground-living bird from central and eastern South America.[3] Other common names for the species include perdiz grande, rufous tinamou, and ynambu.