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Great tinamou
Conservation status
Great tinamou
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Infraclass: Palaeognathae
Order: Tinamiformes
Family: Tinamidae
Genus: Tinamus
Species:
T. major
Binomial name
Tinamus major
(Gmelin, JF, 1789)
Subspecies[2]

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Synonyms
  • Tetrao major Gmelin, 1789[3]

The great tinamou (Tinamus major) is a species of tinamou ground bird native to Central and South America. There are several subspecies, mostly differentiated by their coloration.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2021). "Tinamus major". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T22678148A189781191. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ Brands, S. (2008)
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference AOU was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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