| Nothura | |
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| Nothura maculosa,spotted nothura | |
Scientific classification | |
| 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 | |
Nothura is a genus of birds in thetinamou family. This genus comprises five members of thisSouth American family.
Tinamous arepaleognaths related to theflightlessratites. They are probably close in appearance to the flying ancestors of the ratites.[2]
The species in taxonomic order are:[3][4]
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