Red-winged tinamou

The red-winged tinamou (Rhynchotus rufescens) is a medium-sized ground-living bird from central and eastern South America. Other common names for the species include perdiz grande, rufous tinamou, and ynambu.

Red-winged tinamou
at Parque das Aves, Brazil
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Infraclass: Palaeognathae
Order: Tinamiformes
Family: Tinamidae
Genus: Rhynchotus
Species:
R. rufescens
Binomial name
Rhynchotus rufescens
(Temminck, 1815)
Subspecies

R. r. rufescens (Temminck, 1815)
R. r. catingae (Reiser, 1905)
R. r. pallescens (Kothe, 1907)

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