Nothurinae

Nothurinae
Temporal range: Mid-Miocene to present
Rhynchotus rufescens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Infraclass: Palaeognathae
Order: Tinamiformes
Family: Tinamidae
Subfamily: Nothurinae
Genera

Rhynchotus
Nothoprocta
Nothura
Taoniscus
Eudromia
Tinamotis

Synonyms[1]
  • Rhynchotinae von Boetticher, 1934
  • Tinamotidinae Salvadori, 1895
  • Eudrominae von Boetticher, 1934

Nothurinae or aridland tinamous[2] is one of two subfamilies of the Tinamidae family, the other being Tinaminae. It contains eighteen species in six genera. The six genera are:

  1. ^ Haaramo, Mikko (2007). "Tinamiformes - tinamous". Mikko's Phylogeny Archive. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  2. ^ Brown, Joseph W. (2005)

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