Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
   Class Aves Linnaeus, 1758 - birds see Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758
     Subclass Neornithes Gadow, 1893 see Clade Neornithes Gadow, 1893
       Superorder Palaeognathae Pycraft, 1900 see Cohort Palaeognathae Pycraft, 1900
         Order Tinamiformes Huxley, 1872
           Family Tinamidae Gray, 1840 - tinamous
             1 Genus Tinamus Hermann, 1783
             2 Genus Nothocercus Bonaparte, 1856
             3 Genus Crypturellus Brabourne & Chubb, 1914
             4 Genus Rhynchotus Spix, 1825
             5 Genus Nothoprocta Sclater & Salvin, 1873
             6 Genus Nothura Wagler, 1827
             7 Genus Taoniscus Gloger, 1842
             8 Genus Eudromia Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1832
             9 Genus Tinamotis Vigors, 1837