Huayco tinamou
| Huayco tinamou | |
|---|---|
| Illustration by Joseph Smit, 1895 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Infraclass: | Palaeognathae |
| Order: | Tinamiformes |
| Family: | Tinamidae |
| Genus: | Rhynchotus |
| Species: | R. maculicollis |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhynchotus maculicollis G.R. Gray, 1867 | |
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The huayco tinamou (Rhynchotus maculicollis), also known as waypu (Quechua) (also spelled guaipo, huaipo, guaypo, waypo, a name which is also applied for other Tinamidae species), is a species of bird found on grassy mountain ridges in the Andes of Bolivia and Argentina.