Tinamus

Tinamus
Great tinamou (Tinamus major)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Infraclass: Palaeognathae
Order: Tinamiformes
Family: Tinamidae
Subfamily: Tinaminae
Genus: Tinamus
Hermann, 1783
Type species
Tetrao major[1]
Species

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Tinamus is a genus of birds in the tinamou family Tinamidae. This genus comprises some of the larger members of this South American family.

  1. ^ "Tinamidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.