Nothura
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Nothura is a genus of birds in the tinamou family. This genus comprises five members of this South American family.
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Nothura | |
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Nothura maculosa, spotted nothura | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Infraclass: | Palaeognathae |
Order: | Tinamiformes |
Family: | Tinamidae |
Subfamily: | Nothurinae |
Genus: | Nothura Wagler, 1827 |
Type species | |
Tinamus boraquira[1] von Spix, 1825 | |
Species | |
Nothura boraquira |
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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.[2]