Tinamus is a genus of birds in the tinamou family. This genus comprises some of the larger members of this South American family.
The species in taxonomic order are:
Tinamus guttatus—white-throated tinamou—located in southeastern Colombia, southern Venezuela, Amazonian Brazil, and northern BoliviaTinamus tao—grey tinamou—located in northern and western Brazil, eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru, northern Bolivia, Colombia east of the Andes, northwestern and northeastern Venezuela, and northwestern GuyanaTinamus tao larensis located in central Colombia and northwestern VenezuelaTinamus tao kleei located in south-central Colombia, eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru, eastern Bolivia, and western BrazilTinamus tao septentrionalis located in northeastern Venezuela and northwestern GuyanaTinamus tao tao located in north-central Brazil, far eastern Peru, and far northwestern BoliviaTinamus solitarius—solitary tinamou—located in northeastern Argentina (Misiones), eastern Paraguay, eastern BrazilTinamus osgoodi—black tinamou—located in two small areas: the Andes of southeastern Peru and the Andes of ColombiaTinamus osgoodi osgoodi located in southeastern PeruTinamus osgoodi hershkovitzi located in parts of ColombiaTinamus major—great tinamou—located from southeastern Mexico through Panama, excluding Honduras and from Ecuador to French Guiana parts of Brazil and northern Bolivia,Tinamus major percautus located in southeastern Mexico, Belize, and northern GuatemalaTinamus major robustus located in southeastern Mexico, Guatemala, and northern NicaraguaTinamus major fuscipennis located in northern Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and western PanamaTinamus major castaneiceps located in southwestern Costa Rica and western PanamaTinamus major brunniventris located in south central PanamaTinamus major saturatus located in eastern Panama and northwestern ColombiaTinamus major latifrons located in southwestern Colombia and western EcuadorTinamus major zuliensis located in northeastern Colombia and northwestern VenezuelaTinamus major major located in eastern Venezuela and GuyanaTinamus major olivascens located in Amazon BrazilTinamus major peruvians located in southeastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador, eastern Bolivia, western Brazil, and eastern PeruTinamus major serratus located in southern Venezuela and northwestern Brazil
