Little tinamou
| Little tinamou | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Tinamiformes |
| Family: | Tinamidae |
| Subfamily: | Tinaminae |
| Genus: | Crypturellus |
| Species: | C. soui |
| Binomial name | |
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Crypturellus soui (Hermann, 1783) |
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| Sub-species | |
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C. s. meserythrus (Sclater, 1859) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Tinamus soui |
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C. s. meserythrus (Sclater, 1859)
C. s. modestus (Cabanis, 1869)
C. s. capnodes (Wetmore, 1963)
C. s. poliocephalus (Aldrich, 1937)
C. s. caucae (Chapman, 1912)
C. s. harterti (Brabourne &Chubb, 1914)
C. s. mustelinus (Bangs, 1905)
C. s. caqueta (Chapman, 1915)
C. s. nigriceps (Chapman, 1923)
C. s. soui (Hermann, 1783)
C. s. albigularis
(Brabourne & Chubb, 1914)
C. s. inconspicuus (Carriker, 1935)
C. s. andrei (Brabourne & Chubb, 1914)
C. s. panamensis (Carriker, 1910)
Tinamus soui
The little tinamou (Crypturellus soui) is a species of tinamou. It is found in Central and South America.
Crypturellus is formed from three Latin or Greek words. kruptos meaning covered or hidden, oura meaning tail, and ellus meaning diminutive. Therefore, Crypturellus means small hidden tail.
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