
Montane Forest Tinamous
Nothocercus
Nothocercus is a genus of birds in the tinamou family. This genus comprises three species of this South American family.
Nothocercus julius (the tawny-breasted tinamou) occupies humid montane forest at middle to high elevations in the Andes from Venezuela south to Peru. It is currently losing its habitat due to clearance of the forest due to agricultural and livestock grazing.
3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species

Highland Tinamou
speciesNothocercus bonapartei

Tawny-breasted Tinamou
speciesNothocercus julius

Hooded Tinamou
speciesNothocercus nigrocapillus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 20699.