The great tinamou is a species of tinamou ground bird native to Central and South America. There are several subspecies, mostly differentiated by their coloration. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
(Gmelin, JF 1789)
Reference:
Systema Naturae ed. 13, vol. 1, part 2
1 pt2 p.767 n.63
Protonym:
Tetrao major
Type locality:
Cayenne.
Link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2656262
Avibase ID:
42D72AE118D2DE82
Avibase ID:
avibase-42D72AE1
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/42D72AE1
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 174401
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (1983): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 35th suppl.): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 36th suppl.): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 37th suppl.): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 38th suppl.): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 39th suppl.): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 40th suppl.): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 41st suppl.): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (1998): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 42nd suppl.): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 43rd suppl.): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 44th suppl.): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 45th suppl.): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 46th suppl.): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 47th suppl.): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 48th suppl.): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 49th suppl.): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 50th suppl.): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 51st suppl.): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 52nd suppl.): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 53rd suppl.): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 54th suppl.): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 55th suppl.): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 56th suppl.): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 57th suppl.): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 58th suppl.): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 59th suppl.): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 60th suppl.): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl.): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl. and addendum): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 62nd suppl.): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 63rd suppl.): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 64th suppl.): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 65th suppl.): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 00: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 01: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 02: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 03: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 04: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Grand Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Grand Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Clements 1st edition: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2021: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2022: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2023: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Clements 3rd edition: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Clements 4th edition: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (as published): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2015: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2016: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2017: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2018: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2019: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.50: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.52: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.53: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.54: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.55: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
eBird version 2015: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
eBird version 2016: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
eBird version 2017: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
eBird version 2018: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
eBird version 2019: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
eBird version 2021: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
eBird version 2022: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
eBird version 2023: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Morony, Bock and Farrand: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Tinamus major [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Tinamus major [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe (1993): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Great tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (24/10/2003): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (14/09/2005): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (16/07/2006): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (26/09/2007): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (01/05/2008): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (30/09/2009): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (19/08/2010): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (8/08/2011): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (8/02/2012): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (4/09/2012): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (17/03/2013): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (9/02/2014): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (16/02/2015): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (28/07/2016): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (22/04/2017): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (4/06/2018): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (6/06/2019): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (20/02/2020): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (8/06/2020): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (24/08/2021): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (24/07/2022): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (28/09/2023): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (27/07/2024): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03: Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024): Great Tinamou ( Tinamus major) [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Tinamus major [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Tinamus major [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species
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