Chilean tinamou
| Chilean tinamou | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Infraclass: | Palaeognathae |
| Order: | Tinamiformes |
| Family: | Tinamidae |
| Genus: | Nothoprocta |
| Species: | N. perdicaria |
| Binomial name | |
| Nothoprocta perdicaria (Kittlitz, 1830) | |
| Subspecies | |
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N. p. perdicaria (Kittlitz, 1830) | |
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The Chilean tinamou (Nothoprocta perdicaria) is a type of tinamou commonly found in high elevation shrubland in subtropical regions of central Chile.