Great Tinamou Tinamus major Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (31)
- Subspecies (12)
José Cabot, Francesc Jutglar, Ernest Garcia, Peter F. D. Boesman, and Christopher J. Sharpe
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 14, 2016
Text last updated July 14, 2016
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Голямо тинаму |
| Catalan | tinamú olivaci |
| Croatian | maslinasti tinamu |
| Czech | tinama větší |
| Danish | Stor Tinamu |
| Dutch | Grote Tinamoe |
| English | Great Tinamou |
| English (United States) | Great Tinamou |
| French | Grand Tinamou |
| French (France) | Grand Tinamou |
| German | Großtinamu |
| Japanese | オオシギダチョウ |
| Norwegian | stortinamu |
| Polish | kusacz duży |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | inhambu-serra |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Inhambu-de-cabeça-vermelha |
| Russian | Большой тинаму |
| Serbian | Veliki tinamu |
| Slovak | tinama veľká |
| Spanish | Tinamú Oliváceo |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Tinamú Grande |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Tinamú Grande |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Gongolona Mayor |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Tinamú Mayor |
| Spanish (Panama) | Tinamú Grande |
| Spanish (Peru) | Perdiz Grande |
| Spanish (Spain) | Tinamú oliváceo |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Gallina de Monte |
| Swedish | större tinamo |
| Turkish | Büyük Tinamu |
| Ukrainian | Тинаму великий |
Tinamus major (Gmelin, 1789)
PROTONYM:
Tetrao major
Gmelin, 1789. Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I. Pars II 1 pt2, p.767 n.63.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Cayenne.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- TINAMUS
- major
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Great Tinamou
