Highland tinamou
| Highland tinamou | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Infraclass: | Palaeognathae |
| Order: | Tinamiformes |
| Family: | Tinamidae |
| Genus: | Nothocercus |
| Species: | N. bonapartei |
| Binomial name | |
| Nothocercus bonapartei (G.R. Gray, 1867) | |
| Subspecies | |
|
N. b. frantzii (Lawrence, 1868) | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Tinamus bonapartei | |
The highland tinamou or Bonaparte's tinamou (Nothocercus bonapartei) is a type of ground bird found in montane moist forest typically over 1,500 m (4,900 ft) altitude.