Red-legged tinamou
| Red-legged tinamou | |
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| Illustration by Keulemans, 1895 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Infraclass: | Palaeognathae |
| Order: | Tinamiformes |
| Family: | Tinamidae |
| Genus: | Crypturellus |
| Species: | C. erythropus |
| Binomial name | |
| Crypturellus erythropus (Pelzeln, 1863) | |
| Subspecies | |
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C. e. erythropus (Pelzeln, 1863) | |
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The red-legged tinamou or red-footed tinamou, (Crypturellus erythropus) is a ground-dwelling bird found in the tropics and lower subtropics of northern South America.