tinamous

A sort of partridge peculiar to the Pampas, called tinamous; black wood-hens; a species of plover, called teru-teru; yellow rays, and waterfowl with magnificent green plumage, rose in coveys.

In Search of the Castaways 1873

They discovered the moa's closest relatives were small ground-dwelling birds called tinamous, which are still found in South America today, and which can just barely fly.

PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

They discovered the moa's closest relatives were small ground-dwelling birds called tinamous, which are still found in South America today, and which can just barely fly.

PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

They discovered the moa's closest relatives were small ground-dwelling birds called tinamous, which are still found in South America today, and which can just barely fly.

PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories PhysOrg Team 2010

Ducks, geese, swans (Anatidae) and ostriches, kiwis and tinamous (Struthioniformes/ratites) all have penises.

Boing Boing 2007

Ducks, geese, swans (Anatidae) and ostriches, kiwis and tinamous (Struthioniformes/ratites) all have penises.

Boing Boing 2007

Among the 469 birds found here with a restricted distribution are two endemics, Chiribiquete emeralds (Chlorostilbon olivaresi) and grey-legged tinamous (Crypturellus duidae).

Caqueta moist forests 2008

Other birds that stand out include the macaws Ara spp., tinamous Crypturellus spp., parrots Amazona spp. and Piona spp.

Central Amazonian Conservation Complex, Brazil 2008

Herbert rightly gave them the name of tinamous, and it was resolved that they should be the first tenants of their future poultry-yard.

The Mysterious Island 2005

The first were the two tinamous, which were not long in having a number of young ones; they had for companions half a dozen ducks, accustomed to the borders of the lake.

The Mysterious Island 2005