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The highland tinamou or Bonaparte's tinamou (''Nothocercus bonapartei'') is a type of ground bird found in montane moist forest typically over altitude. ==Taxonomy== All tinamou are from the family Tinamidae, and in the larger scheme are also ratites. Unlike other ratites, tinamous can fly, although in general, they are not strong fliers. All ratites evolved from prehistoric flying birds, and tinamous are the closest living relative of these birds.〔Davies, S. J. J. F. (2003)〕 It has five subspecies: * ''N. b. frantzii'' occurs in the highlands of Costa Rica and western Panama.〔Clements, J (2007)〕 * ''N. b. bonapartei'' occurs in northwestern Venezuela and northern Colombia.〔 * ''N. b. discrepans'' occurs in central Colombia (Tolima and Meta provinces).〔 * ''N. b. intercedens'' occurs in the western Andes of Colombia.〔 * ''N. b. plumbeiceps'' occurs in the Andes of eastern Ecuador and far northern Peru.〔 George Robert Gray identified the highland tinamou from a specimen from Aragua, Venezuela, in 1867.〔 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「Highland tinamou」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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