Grey tinamou

Grey tinamou

Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Infraclass: Palaeognathae
Order: Tinamiformes
Family: Tinamidae
Genus: Tinamus
Species:
T. tao
Binomial name
Tinamus tao
Temminck, 1815
Subspecies

T. t. larensis (Phelps & Phelps, 1949)
T. t. tao (Temminck, 1815)
T. t. kleei (Tschudi, 1843)
T. t. septentrionalis (Brabourne & Chubb, 1913)

The grey tinamou (Tinamus tao) is a type of ground bird native to South America. Four subspecies are recognised.

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