Crypturellus
Sign in to saveCrypturellus is a genus of tinamous containing mostly forest species. However, there are the odd few that are grassland or steppe tinamous. The genus contains 21 species.
Taxonomy · GBIF
Little Tinamou
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderTinamiformes
- FamilyTinamidae
Observations713
Groupaves
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Crypturellus is a genus of tinamous containing mostly forest species. However, there are the odd few that are grassland or steppe tinamous. The genus contains 21 species.
==Taxonomy== The genus Crypturellus was introduced in 1914 by the British ornithologists Baron Brabourne and Charles Chubb with the Tataupa tinamou as the type species. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós) meaning "hidden" with οὐρά (oura) meaning "tail". The -ellus is a diminutive so that the name means "small hidden tail".