Elegant Crested Tinamou
Eudromia elegansGeoffroy Saint-Hilaire, I, 1832
English (US) Elegant Crested Tinamou
The Elegant Crested Tinamou (Eudromia elegans) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Tinamidae (Tinamous) in the order Tinamiformes.
- Scientific name
- Eudromia elegans
- Family
- Tinamidae (Tinamous)
- Order
- Tinamiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Elegant Crested Tinamou
- Described by
- Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, I, 1832
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 10 subspecies for this species.
- Eudromia elegans intermedia
- Eudromia elegans magnistriata
- Eudromia elegans riojana
- Eudromia elegans albida
- Eudromia elegans wetmorei
- Eudromia elegans numida
- Eudromia elegans elegans
- Eudromia elegans multiguttata
- Eudromia elegans devia
- Eudromia elegans patagonica
Taxonomic history
- Described by
- Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, I, 1832
- Type locality
- mouth of the Rio Negro
- Original description
- Magasin de Zoologie 2 cl.2 p.3 pl.1
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Tinamotis pentlandii
Patagonian Tinamou
Tinamotis ingoufi
Quebracho Crested Tinamou
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Dwarf Tinamou
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White-bellied Nothura
Nothura boraquira
Lesser Nothura
Nothura minor
Darwin's Nothura
Nothura darwinii
Spotted Nothura
Nothura maculosa
Huayco Tinamou
Rhynchotus maculicollis
Red-winged Tinamou
Rhynchotus rufescens
Taczanowski's Tinamou
Nothoprocta taczanowskii
Ornate Tinamou
Nothoprocta ornata
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