Nothura

Nothura boraquiraWhite-bellied nothura Nothura minorLesser nothura Nothura darwinii Darwin's nothura Nothura maculosaSpotted nothura Nothura is a genus of birds in the tinamou family.

This genus comprises five members of this South American family.

Tinamous are paleognaths related to the flightless ratites.

They are probably close in appearance to the flying ancestors of the ratites.

[2] The species in taxonomic order are:[3][4]