Chilean Tinamou
Nothoprocta perdicaria(Kittlitz, FH, 1830)
English (US) Chilean Tinamou
The Chilean Tinamou (Nothoprocta perdicaria) 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
- Nothoprocta perdicaria
- Family
- Tinamidae (Tinamous)
- Order
- Tinamiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Chilean Tinamou
- Described by
- (Kittlitz, FH, 1830)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Nothoprocta perdicaria perdicaria
- Nothoprocta perdicaria sanborni
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Crypturus perdicarius
- Described by
- (Kittlitz, FH, 1830)
- Type locality
- Valparaiso, Chile.
- Original description
- Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg 1(1831) p.192[=193] pl.12
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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