Nothocercus Julius Bird

Nothocercus Julius Bird

Nothocercus Julius Bird

English Name:  Tawny-breasted Tinamou
Latin Name:  Nothocercus julius
Protonym:  Tinamus julius Compt.Rend. 38 p.663
Taxonomy:  Tinamiformes / Tinamidae / Nothocercus
Taxonomy Code:  tabtin1
Type Locality:  Colombia; restricted to vicinity of Bogota by Blake, 1955, Fieldiana, Zool., 37, p. 15.
Author:  Bonaparte
Publish Year:  1854
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

NOTHOCERCUS
(Tinamidae; Ϯ Tawny-breasted Tinamou N. julius) Gr. νοθος nothos  spurious; κερκος kerkos  tail; "Subfamilia 23. Tinaminæ.  Af. CRYPTUREÆ.   ...   98. Nothocercus, Bp.   330. bourcieri, Bp.   331. julius, Bp.   332. delattrii, Bp. (cinnamomeus? Less.)   333. sallæi, Bp.   334. noctivagus, Wied. (zabele, Spix.)   335. variegatus, Gm.   336. atricapillus, Tschudi" (Bonaparte 1856); "Nothocercus Bonaparte, Comp. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris, 42, 1856, p. 881. Type, by subsequent designation, Tinamus julius Bonaparte (Salvadori, Cat. Bds. Brit. Mus., 27, 1895, p. 509.)" (Peters 1931, I, 14).
Var. Nothocernus.

julius
Jules Pierre Verreaux (1808-1873) French natural history dealer (Nothocercus).