Nothocercus | |
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Illustration ofNothocercus nigrocapillus (hooded tinamou) byJoseph Smit, 1895 | |
Scientific classification![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Infraclass: | Palaeognathae |
Order: | Tinamiformes |
Family: | Tinamidae |
Subfamily: | Tinaminae |
Genus: | Nothocercus Bonaparte, 1856 |
Type species | |
Tinamus julius[1] Bonaparte, 1854 | |
Species | |
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Nothocercus is a genus of birds in thetinamou family. This genus comprises three species of thisSouth American family.
Nothocercus julius (the tawny-breasted tinamou) occupies humid montane forest at middle to high elevations in the Andes from Venezuela south to Peru. It is currently losing its habitat due to clearance of the forest due to agricultural and livestock grazing.[2]
Nothocercus:Greek:νοθοςnothos "spurious"; κερκοςkerkos "tail"[3]
The species are: