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Nothocercus

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Nothocercus is a genus of birds in the tinamou family. This genus comprises three species of this South 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.[1]

Etymology

Nothocercus: Greek: νοθος nothos “spurious”; κερκος kerkos “tail”[2]

Species

The species are:

Footnotes

  1. ^ "Tawny-breasted Tinamou Nothocercus julius - Introduction". Neotropical Birds. doi:10.2173/bow.tabtin1.01. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  2. ^ Jobling, J.A. (2017). "Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology". In del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (2018) (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Clements, J. (2007)

References

  • Brands, Sheila (Aug 14, 2008). "Systema Naturae 2000 / Classification, Genus Nothocercus". Project: The Taxonomicon. Retrieved Feb 4, 2009.
  • Clements, James (2007). The Clements Checklist of the Birds of the World (6 ed.). Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-4501-9.
  • Davies, S.J.J.F. (2003). "Tinamous". In Hutchins, Michael (ed.). Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. Vol. 8 Birds I Tinamous and Ratites to Hoatzins (2 ed.). Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Group. pp. 57–59. ISBN 0-7876-5784-0.
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Nothocercus: Brief Summary

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Nothocercus is a genus of birds in the tinamou family. This genus comprises three species of this South 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.

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