Grey Tinamou
Tinamus taoTemminck, CJ, 1815
English (US) Gray Tinamou
UK name: Grey Tinamou
The Grey Tinamou (Tinamus tao) 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
- Tinamus tao
- Family
- Tinamidae (Tinamous)
- Order
- Tinamiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Gray Tinamou
- English (UK)
- Grey Tinamou
- Described by
- Temminck, CJ, 1815
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 4 subspecies for this species.
- Tinamus tao larensis
- Tinamus tao septentrionalis
- Tinamus tao tao
- Tinamus tao kleei
Taxonomic history
- Described by
- Temminck, CJ, 1815
- Type locality
- State of Pard.
- Original description
- Histoire naturelle générale des pigeons et des gallinacés, accompagné de planches anatomiques 3 p.569,749
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Curve-billed Tinamou
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Tawny-breasted Tinamou
Nothocercus julius
Highland Tinamou
Nothocercus bonapartei
Hooded Tinamou
Nothocercus nigrocapillus
Solitary Tinamou
Tinamus solitarius
Black Tinamou
Tinamus osgoodi
Great Tinamou
Tinamus major
White-throated Tinamou
Tinamus guttatus
Cinereous Tinamou
Crypturellus cinereus
Berlepsch's Tinamou
Crypturellus berlepschi
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