Nothocercus is a genus of birds in the tinamou family. This genus comprises three species of this South American family.

Nothocercus
Illustration of Nothocercus nigrocapillus (hooded tinamou) by Joseph Smit, 1895
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Infraclass: Palaeognathae
Order: Tinamiformes
Family: Tinamidae
Subfamily: Tinaminae
Genus: Nothocercus
Bonaparte, 1856
Type species
Tinamus julius[1]
Bonaparte, 1854
Species

Nothocercus julius (the tawny-breasted tinamou) occupies humid montane forest at middle to high elevations in the Andes from Venezuela south to Peru. It is currently losing its habitat due to clearance of the forest due to agricultural and livestock grazing.[2]

Etymology

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Nothocercus: Greek: νοθος nothos "spurious"; κερκος kerkos "tail"[3]

Species

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The species are:

Footnotes

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  1. ^ "Tinamidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
  2. ^ "Tawny-breasted Tinamou Nothocercus julius - Introduction". Neotropical Birds. doi:10.2173/bow.tabtin1.01. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  3. ^ Jobling, J.A. (2017). "Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology". In del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Clements, J. (2007)

References

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  • Brands, Sheila (Aug 14, 2008). "Systema Naturae 2000 / Classification, Genus Nothocercus". Project: The Taxonomicon. Retrieved Feb 4, 2009.
  • Clements, James (2007). The Clements Checklist of the Birds of the World (6 ed.). Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-4501-9.
  • Davies, S.J.J.F. (2003). "Tinamous". In Hutchins, Michael (ed.). Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. Vol. 8 Birds I Tinamous and Ratites to Hoatzins (2 ed.). Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Group. pp. 57–59. ISBN 0-7876-5784-0.
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