Rhynchotus
Sign in to saveRhynchotus is a genus of birds in the tinamou family. This genus comprises two members of this South American family.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderTinamiformes
- FamilyTinamidae
Observations recorded39,605
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 2
- Family
- Tinamidae
- Collections
- CUMV, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- United States, Bolivia
Wikidata facts
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Rhynchotinae
- Image
- Rhynchotus rufescens -Parque das Aves-8a.jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Rhynchotus
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- Rhynchotus
- taxon common name
- Raudonsparniai tinamai
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Rhynchotus is a genus of birds in the tinamou family. This genus comprises two members of this South American family.
==Taxonomy== Tinamous have evolved from ratites and are the only extant ratites that fly, and are the closest to the ancestral flying ratites.
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