Class Aves Linnaeus, 1758 - birds see Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758
   Subclass Ornithurae Haeckel, 1866 see Clade Ornithurae Haeckel 1866 [Gauthier 1986] {Chiappe 1991}
     Infraclass Dromaeognathae (Huxley, 1867) P. Brodkorb, 1963
       Order Tinamiformes Huxley, 1872
         Family Tinamidae Gray, 1840 - tinamous
           Genus Nothura Wagler, 1827
             1 †Nothura paludosa Mercerat, 1897
             2 Nothura maculosa (Temminck, 1815) - spotted nothura
             3 Nothura minor (Spix, 1825) - lesser nothura