Hooded tinamou

Hooded tinamou
Illustration by Joseph Smit, 1895
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Infraclass: Palaeognathae
Order: Tinamiformes
Family: Tinamidae
Genus: Nothocercus
Species:
N. nigrocapillus
Binomial name
Nothocercus nigrocapillus
(G.R. Gray, 1867)
Subspecies

N. n. cadwaladeri
(Carriker, 1933)
N. n. nigrocapillus
(G. R. Gray, 1867)

Synonyms
  • Nothocercus nigricapillus

The hooded tinamou (Nothocercus nigrocapillus) is a type of ground bird found in forests of Bolivia and Peru.

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