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Tinamous (/ˈtɪnəmuːz/) are
members of the
order Tinamiformes (/ˌtɪnəməˈfɔːrmiːz/), and
family Tinamidae (/təˈnæmədiː/),
divided into two
distinct subfamilies...
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termed ratites, and one
flying lineage, the
Neotropic tinamous.
There are 47
species of
tinamous, five of
kiwis (Apteryx),
three of c****owaries (Casuarius)...
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There are 47
species and 123
subspecies from the
family Tinamidae Tinamus Tinamus guttatus white-throated
tinamou Tinamus tao grey
tinamou T. tao larensis...
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superorder Palaeognathae consists of
ratites and the
flighted Neotropic tinamous (compare to Neognathae).
Unlike other flightless birds, the
ratites have...
- camelus),
almost 280 cm (9.2 ft) in height. Davies, S.J.J.F. (2003). "Birds I
Tinamous and
Ratites to Hoatzins". In Hutchins, Michael. Grzimek's
Animal Life Encyclopedia...
- have been
closest to
their sister group, the
Central and
South American tinamous.
South island giant moas, as well as
their close cousins on the
North Island...
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Lithornithids had long, slender,
bills for probing. They
closely resembled modern tinamous,
aside from more
developed wings. They
possessed a
rhynchokinetic skull...
- ratites,
tinamous can fly,
although in general, they are not
strong fliers. All
ratites evolved from
prehistoric flying birds, and
tinamous are the closest...
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group is not monophyletic, as it is
paraphyletic with
respect to the
tinamous, so the
ostriches are now
classified as the only
members of the order....
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extinct elephant birds), and the
clade Dinocrypturi (comprising the
tinamous and the
extinct moas).
Notopalaeognathae was
named by Yuri et al. (2013)...
