Tinamus Explained

Tinamus is a genus of birds in the tinamou family Tinamidae. This genus comprises some of the larger members of this South American family.

Taxonomy

The genus Tinamus was introduced in 1783 by the French naturalist Johann Hermann.[1] The type species was subsequently designated as the great tinamou.[2] [3] Hermann based his name on "Les Tinamous" used by Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon in his Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux. The word "Tinamú" in the Carib language of French Guiana was used for the tinamous.[4] [5]

The genus contains five species:[6] [7]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Hermann, Johann . Johann Hermann . 1783 . Tabula affinitatum animalium olim academico specimine edita, nunc uberiore commentario illustrata cum annotationibus ad historiam naturalem animalium augendam facientibus . Argentorati [Strasbourg] . Impensis Joh. Georgii Treuttel . 164, 235 .
  2. Apstein . C. . 1915 . Nomina conservanda. Unter Mitwirkung zahlreicher Spezialisten herausgegeben . German . Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin . 5 . 119–202 [197] .
  3. Book: Mayr . Ernst . Ernst Mayr . Cottrell . G. William . 1979 . Check-List of Birds of the World . 1 . 2nd . Museum of Comparative Zoology . Cambridge, Massachusetts . 12 .
  4. Book: Buffon, Georges-Louis Leclerc de . Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon . 1778 . Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux . 4 . Paris . De l'Imprimerie Royale . 502 . Le tinamou cendré . French . https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k10697142/f572.item .
  5. Book: Jobling, James A. . 2010. The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . Christopher Helm . London . 978-1-4081-2501-4 . 386 .
  6. Web site: Gill . Frank . Frank Gill (ornithologist) . Donsker . David . Rasmussen . Pamela . Pamela Rasmussen . January 2022 . Ratites: Ostriches to tinamous . IOC World Bird List Version 12.1 . International Ornithologists' Union . 28 June 2022.
  7. Book: Clements . James . The Clements Checklist of the Birds of the World . 6 . 2007 . Cornell University Press. Ithaca, NY . 978-0-8014-4501-9 .

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