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This is a list of the bird species recorded in Venezuela. The avifauna of Venezuela include a total of 1417 species, of which forty-eight are endemic, six have been introduced by humans and thirty-four are rare or accidental. Twenty-seven species are globally threatened. This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of ''The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World'', 5th edition. The family accounts at the beginning of each heading reflect this taxonomy, as do the species counts found in each family account. Introduced and accidental species are included in the total counts for Venezuela. The following tags have been used to highlight several categories. The commonly occurring native species do not fall into any of these categories. * (A) Accidental - a species that rarely or accidentally occurs in Venezuela * (E) Endemic - a species endemic to Venezuela * (I) Introduced - a species introduced to Venezuela as a consequence, direct or indirect, of human actions __NOTOC__ ==Tinamous== Order: TinamiformesFamily: Tinamidae The tinamous are one of the most ancient groups of bird. Although they look similar to other ground-dwelling birds like quail and grouse, they have no close relatives and are classified as a single family, Tinamidae, within their own order, the Tinamiformes. They are distantly related to the ratites (order Struthioniformes), that includes the rheas, emus and kiwis. There are 14 species which have been recorded in Venezuela. *Gray tinamou, ''Tinamus tao'' *Great tinamou, ''Tinamus major'' *White-throated tinamou, ''Tinamus guttatus'' *Highland tinamou, ''Nothocercus bonapartei'' *Tawny-breasted tinamou, ''Nothocercus julius'' *Cinereous tinamou, ''Crypturellus cinereus'' *Red-legged tinamou, ''Crypturellus erythropus'' *Little tinamou, ''Crypturellus soui'' *Tepui tinamou, ''Crypturellus ptaritepui'' (E) *Brown tinamou, ''Crypturellus obsoletus'' *Undulated tinamou, ''Crypturellus undulatus'' *Gray-legged tinamou, ''Crypturellus duidae'' *Variegated tinamou, ''Crypturellus variegatus'' *Barred tinamou, ''Crypturellus casiquiare'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of birds of Venezuela」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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