This genus comprises two crested members of this South American family.

[2] Tinamous are paleognaths related to the flightless ratites.

Unlike other ratites, tinamous can fly, although in general, they are not strong fliers.

MPLK-03, a fossil specimen from Argentina, possibly belongs to Eudromia and surpacces extanct E. elegans and E. formosa in size by 2.2-8% and 6-14%, respectively.

It existed during the Late Pleistocene, around the time of the Last Glacial Maximum.