Neornithes Gadow, 1893 - living birds
   Palaeognathae - palaeognaths see Cohort Palaeognathae Pycraft, 1900
     Family Tinamidae Gray, 1840 - tinamous
       Subfamily Tinaminae Gray, 1840
         Genus Tinamus Hermann, 1783
           1 Tinamus tao Temminck, 1815 - grey tinamou
           2 Tinamus solitarius (Vieillot, 1819) - solitary tinamou
           3 Tinamus osgoodi Conover, 1949 - black tinamou
           4 Tinamus major (Gmelin, 1789) - great tinamou
           5 Tinamus guttatus Pelzeln, 1863 - white-throated tinamou