Tinamus
Genus of birds
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::summary Genus of birds ::
| image = Tinamus majorPCSL00504B.jpg | image_caption = Great tinamou (Tinamus major) | taxon = Tinamus | authority = Hermann, 1783 | type_species = Tetrao major | type_species_authority = Gmelin, JF, 1789 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = see text
Tinamus is a genus of birds in the tinamou family Tinamidae. This genus comprises some of the larger members of this South American family.
Taxonomy
The genus Tinamus was introduced in 1783 by the French naturalist Johann Hermann. The type species was subsequently designated as the great tinamou. Hermann based his name on "Les Tinamous" used by Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon in his Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux. The word "Tinamú" in the Carib language of French Guiana was used for the tinamous.
The genus contains five species:
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| Image | Common name | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Tao001 edit crop.jpg | 120px]] | Grey tinamou | Tinamus tao |
| [[File:Tinamus solitarius -Intervales State Park, Sao Paulo, Brazil-8.jpg | 120px]] | Solitary tinamou | Tinamus solitarius |
| [[File:Tinamus osgoodi imported from iNaturalist photo 70265010 on 10 April 2021.jpg | 120px]] | Black tinamou | Tinamus osgoodi |
| [[File:Tinamus major 66498355.jpg | 120px]] | Great tinamou | Tinamus major |
| [[File:Tinamus guttatus.JPG | 120px]] | White-throated tinamou | Tinamus guttatus |
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In 2025 a potentially new species of tinamou, the slaty-masked tinamou (Tinamus resonans) was described from the Sierra del Divisor in the Brazilian state of Acre.
References
References
- . ["Tinamidae"](https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=1). *The Trust for Avian Systematics*.
- Hermann, Johann. (1783). "Tabula affinitatum animalium olim academico specimine edita, nunc uberiore commentario illustrata cum annotationibus ad historiam naturalem animalium augendam facientibus". Impensis Joh. Georgii Treuttel.
- Apstein, C.. (1915). "Nomina conservanda. Unter Mitwirkung zahlreicher Spezialisten herausgegeben". Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin.
- (1979). "Check-List of Birds of the World". Museum of Comparative Zoology.
- Buffon, Georges-Louis Leclerc de. (1778). "Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux". De l'Imprimerie Royale.
- Jobling, James A.. (2010). "The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names". Christopher Helm.
- AviList Core Team. (2025). "AviList: The Global Avian Checklist, v2025".
- (2025). "A new species of ''Tinamus'' (Aves: Tinamiformes) from the western Amazon, Brazil". Zootaxa.
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