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431:subspecies
337:Doce River
302:subspecies
1247:Tinamotis
899:Tinaminae
863:Subfamily
636:Data Zone
472:Footnotes
353:São Paulo
183:Species:
165:Tinamidae
111:Kingdom:
105:Eukaryota
1564:11286654
1544:Wikidata
1461:22678217
1435:10190419
1360:22678217
1355:BirdLife
1305:Q1270229
1299:Wikidata
1222:Eudromia
847:Tinamous
785:(1993).
783:Sick, H.
438:Caatinga
413:Behavior
288:eastern
161:Family:
125:Chordata
121:Phylum:
115:Animalia
101:Domain:
78:IUCN 3.1
1510:2326316
1474:yeltin1
1409:2477503
1396:yeltin1
1370:yeltin1
1342:Avibase
1182:Nothura
909:Tinamus
882:Species
456:by the
425:Habitat
375:Paraíba
308:by the
298:plumage
282:shrubby
278:tinamou
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407:zabele
363:, and
357:Paraná
329:Brazil
290:Brazil
1487:70157
1430:IRMNG
1422:20574
1391:eBird
1383:323MQ
1367:BOW:
871:Genus
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713:(PDF)
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379:Piauí
341:Bahia
294:quail
1559:GBIF
1456:IUCN
1443:ITIS
1404:GBIF
791:ISBN
775:2010
752:ISBN
733:ISBN
720:2010
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676:ISBN
663:2009
643:2009
523:2021
506:2016
458:IUCN
377:and
310:IUCN
266:The
247:Spix
215:Wied
135:Aves
1378:CoL
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