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Species
Endangeredvia IUCN
Wikidata facts
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Endangered status
- taxon name
- Taoniscus nanus
- Commons category
- Taoniscus nanus
- taxon common name
- tinamu-anão
- taxon range
- South America
- diel cycle
- diurnality
- short name
- T. nanus
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Encyclopedic overview
The dwarf tinamou (Taoniscus nanus), also known as the least tinamou, is a small, superficially partridge-like bird with short tail and wings, found only in Brazil. This tinamou is the only member of the genus Taoniscus and it is considered an endangered species.
Taxonomy and systematics
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dwarf Tinamou” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.