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Rhynchotus

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Rhynchotus is a genus of birds in the tinamou family. This genus comprises two members of this South American family.

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GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassAves
  4. OrderTinamiformes
  5. FamilyTinamidae
Observations recorded39,605

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taxon name
Rhynchotus
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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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