Nothura
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Tinamous are paleognaths related to the flightless ratites. They are probably close in appearance to the flying ancestors of the ratites.
Species
The species in taxonomic order are:
- †N. paludosa Mercerat 1897
- †N. parvula (Brodkorb 1963) Tambussi 1989 [Cayeornis parvulus Brodkorb 1963]
- Nothura boraquira, white-bellied nothura, located in northeastern and central Brazil, eastern Bolivia, and northeastern Paraguay
- Nothura minor, lesser nothura, located in the interior of southeastern Brazil
- Nothura darwinii, Darwin's nothura, located in southern Peru, western Bolivia, and southern and western Argentina
- Nothura maculosa, spotted nothura, located in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, eastern and southern Brazil
- Nothura maculosa maculosa located in southern Brazil, Uruguay, eastern Paraguay, and northeastern Argentina
- Nothura maculosa major located in the interior of east central Brazil
- Nothura maculosa nigroguttata located in south central Argentina
- Nothura maculosa cearensis located in northeastern Brazil
- Nothura maculosa paludivaga located in central Paraguay and north central Argentina
- Nothura maculosa annectens located in eastern Argentina
- Nothura maculosa submontana located in southwestern Argentina
- Nothura maculosa pallida located in northwestern Argentina
- Nothura maculosa chacoensis, Chaco nothura, located in northwestern Paraguay and north central Argentina