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Tinaminae, the forest tinamous,〔Brown, Joseph W. (2005)〕 is one of two subfamilies of the family ''Tinamidae'', the other being Nothurinae. Tinaminae has more species than the other subfamily, containing 29 species in three genera: * ''Crypturellus'' (21 species) * ''Nothocercus'' (3 species) * ''Tinamus'' (5 species) ==Description== These birds, like other tinamous, are ground birds that prefer to run and walk, but will fly when they must.〔 They differ physiologically by having their nostrils halfway down their bill or more. They range in size from the largest, being the grey tinamou at and the solitary tinamou at , which are also the largest of all the tinamous, to the little tinamou at and and the small-billed tinamou at and .〔 They are a very compact muscular bird, with a slightly decurved beak. Their tail is short and rudimentary and appears near non-existent. They have a large amount of feathers on their back and posterior regions. some believe to assist in escaping predators by being able to shed feathers that have been grabbed.〔 Their plumage is drab and cryptic with colors of dark brown, rufous, and buff. They tend to be more uniform with less speckling and striping than their cousins Nothurinae, the steppe tinamous. Some of the members of the ''Crypturellus'' genus are sexually dimorphic with the females being brighter and having more barring with the rest of the subfamily having only slightly larger females as the only difference in the sexes.〔 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「Tinaminae」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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