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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Tinamidae .
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They include the harpy eagle Harpia harpyja, the largest raptor in South America, the savanna hawk Buteogallus meridionalis, the jabiru Jabiru mycteria, a large water bird; and the great tinamou, Tinamus major a large land bird.
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The CSNR is known to contain more than 400 of Suriname's known bird species, including Scarlet, Red-and-Green and Blue-and-Gold Macaws, (Ara macao, Ara chloroptera, Ara ararauna); Great Tinamou (Tinamus major), Black Curassow (Crax alector) the Guianan Cock-of-the-Rock (Rupicola rupicola) and the Harpy Eagle.
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Larger species that have been nearly extirpated in the ecoregion owing to fragmentation and hunting include Tinamus major, Harpia harpyja, Penelope purpurascens, Crax rubra, and Ara ambigua.
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Two species of Tinamus and Eudromia elegans of A. d'Orbigny, which can only be called a partridge with regard to its habits.
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Two species of Tinamus and Eudromia elegans of A. d'Orbigny, which can only be called a partridge with regard to its habits.
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One species, the great tinamou (Tinamus major), has been called
5 Chicken 1991
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Two species of Tinamus, and Eudromia elegans of A. dOrbigny, which can only be called a partridge with regard to its habits.
Chapter VI 1909
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Mountain hens (species of Tinamus) were not uncommon, about the size of a plump fowl, and tasting like a pheasant.
The Naturalist in Nicaragua Thomas Belt 1855
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(Tinamus sp.) which whirred off amongst the bushes.
The Naturalist in Nicaragua Thomas Belt 1855
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Tinamus spp.), six macaws (Ara spp.), many parakeets (Paratinga spp.,
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