Neornithes Gadow, 1893 - living birds
Palaeognathae - palaeognaths
see Cohort Palaeognathae Pycraft, 1900
Family Tinamidae Gray, 1840 - tinamous
Subfamily Rhynchotinae von Boetticher, 1934
Genus Rhynchotus Spix, 1825 [monotypic]
Rhynchotus rufescens (Temminck, 1815) - red-winged tinamou
1 Rhynchotus rufescens catingae Reiser, 1905
2 Rhynchotus rufescens rufescensᵀ (Temminck, 1815)
3 Rhynchotus rufescens maculicollis Gray, 1867
4 Rhynchotus rufescens pallescens Kothe, 1907