Tinamus

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

The species in taxonomic order are:
 * Tinamus guttatus White-throated Tinamou located in southeastern Colombia, southern Venezuela, Amazonian Brazil, and northern Bolivia
 * Tinamus tao Grey Tinamou located in northern and western Brazil, eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru, northern Bolivia, Colombia east of the Andes, northwestern and northeastern Venezuela, and northwestern Guyana
 * Tinamus tao larensis located in central Colombia and northwestern Venezuela
 * Tinamus tao kleei located in south-central Colombia, eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru, eastern Bolivia, and western Brazil
 * Tinamus tao septentrionalis located in northeastern Venezuela and northwestern Guyana
 * Tinamus tao tao located in north-central Brazil, far eastern Peru, and far northwestern Bolivia
 * Tinamus solitarius Solitary Tinamou located in northeastern Argentina (Misiones), eastern Paraguay, eastern Brazil
 * Tinamus osgoodi Black Tinamou located in two small areas: the Andes of southeastern Peru and the Andes of Colombia
 * Tinamus osgoodi osgoodi located in southeastern Peru
 * Tinamus osgoodi hershkovitzi located in parts of Colombia
 * Tinamus major Great Tinamou located from southeastern Mexico through Panama, excluding Honduras and from Ecuador to French Guiana parts of Brazil and northern Bolivia,
 * Tinamus major percautus located in southeastern Mexico, Belize, and northern Guatemala
 * Tinamus major robustus located in southeastern Mexico, Guatemala, and northern Nicaragua
 * Tinamus major fuscipennis located in northern Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and western Panama
 * Tinamus major castaneiceps located in southwestern Costa Rica and western Panama
 * Tinamus major brunniventris located in south central Panama
 * Tinamus major saturatus located in eastern Panama and northwestern Colombia
 * Tinamus major latifrons located in southwestern Colombia and western Ecuador
 * Tinamus major zuliensis located in northeastern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela
 * Tinamus major major located in eastern Venezuela and Guyana
 * Tinamus major olivascens located in Amazon Brazil
 * Tinamus major peruvians located in southeastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador, eastern Bolivia, western Brazil, and eastern Peru
 * Tinamus major serratus located in southern Venezuela and northwestern Brazil

Etymology
Tinamus comes from the Galibi tribe and it is what they call the Tinamous.