After Bertelli & Porzecanski, 2004, with taxa from Olson, 1985, Feduccia, 1980, 1997, Sibley & Monroe, 1990, and Peterson, 2002-2003
<==o Tinamiformes (Huxley, 1872) (tinamilinnut)
`--o Tinamidae Gray, 1840 (tinamous; tinamit)
|?- †Querandiornis romani
|--o Tinaminae Gray, 1840 sensu Miranda-Ribeiro, 1938 [Tinaminae Salvadori, 1895] (forest-dwelling tinamous; metsätinamit)
| |--o Nothocercus Bonaparte, 1846 (vuoritinamit)
| | |--o N. bonapartei (Gray, 1867) (vuoritinami)
| | | |-- N. b. bonapartei (Gray, 1867)
| | | |-- N. b. discrepans Friedmann, 1947
| | | |-- N. b. frantzii (Lawrence, 1868)
| | | |-- N. b. intercedens Salvadori, 1895
| | | `-- N. b. plumbeiceps Lonnberg & Rendahl, 1922
| | |-- N. julius (Bonaparte, 1854) (keltarintatinami)
| | `--o N. nigrocapillus (Gray, 1867) (hupputinami)
| | |-- N. n. cadwaladeri Carriker, 1933
| | `-- N. n. nigrocapillus (Gray, 1867)
| `--+-- Tinamus Hermann, 1783 (isotinamit)
| `-- Crypturellus Brabourne & Chubb, 1914 (brown tinamous; ruskotinamit)
`--o Nothurinae Miranda-Ribeiro, 1938 [incl. Tinamotidinae Salvadori, 1895; Rhynchotinae von Boettischer, 1934; Eudrominae von Boettischer, 1934] (Arid-dwelling tinamous; pampatinamit)
|--+--o Tinamotis Vigors, 1837 (ylänkötinamit)
| | |-- T. pentlandii Vigors, 1837 (punantinami)
| | `-- T. ingoufi Oustalet, 1890 (patagoniantinami)
| `--o Eudromia I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1832 [†Tinamisornis Rovereto] (töyhtötinamit)
| |-- †E. “intermedia” Rovereto [Tinamisornis intermedia Rovereto]
| |-- †E. olsoni
| |-- E. formosa (Lillo, 1905) (tummatöyhtötinami)
| `--o E. elegans I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1832 (töyhtötinami)
| |-- E. e. albida (Wetmore, 1921)
| |-- E. e. devia Conover
| |-- E. e. elegans I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1832 ()?
| |-- E. e. intermedia (Dabbene & Lillo, 1913) ()?
| |-- E. e. magnistriata Olrog, 1959
| |-- E. e. multiguttata Conover, 1950
| |-- E. e. numida Banks, 1977
| |-- E. e. patagonica Conover, 1950
| |-- E. e. riojana Olrog, 1959
| `-- E. e. wetmorei Banks, 1977
`--+--o Rhynchotus rufescens (Temminck, 1815) Spix, 1825 (pampatinami)
| |?- R. r. catingae Reiser, 1905
| |-- R. r. maculicollis Gray, 1867
| `--+-- R. r. pallescens Kothe, 1907
| `-- R. r. rufescens (Temminck, 1815)
`--+-- Nothoprocta Sclater & Salvin, 1873 (pyytinamit)
`--+-- Taoniscus nanus (Temminck, 1815) Gloger, 1841 (Kääpiötinami)
`--o Nothura Wagler, 1827 [†Cayeornis Brodkorb] (viiriäistinamit) [5]
|?- †N. parvulus (Brodkorb) [†Cayeornis parvulus Brodkorb]
|-- N. boraquira (Spix, 1825) (isoviiriäistinami)
`--+-- N. minor (Spix, 1825) (viiriäistinami)
`--+--o N. darwinii Gray, 1867 (darwinintinami)
| |-- N. d. agassizii Bangs, 1910
| |-- N. d. boliviana Salvadori, 1895
| |-- N. d. darwinii Gray, 1867
| |-- N. d. peruviana Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1906
| `-- N. d. salvadorii Hartert, 1909
`--+-- N. sp.
`--+-- N. chacoensis Conover, 1937 (chacontinami)
`--o N. maculosa (Temminck, 1815) (viirutinami)
|-- N. m. annectens Conover, 1950
|-- N. m. cearensis Naumberg, 1932
|-- N. m. maculosa (Temminck, 1815)
|-- N. m. major (Spix, 1825)
|-- N. m. nigroguttata Salvadori, 1895
|-- N. m. pallida Olrog, 1959
|-- N. m. paludivaga Conover, 1950
`-- N. m. submontana Conover, 1937
After Porzecanski, 2003
<==o Tinamidae
|--+-- Nothocercus
| `--+-- Tinamus
| `-- Crypturellus
`--+--+-- Tinamotis
| `-- Eudromia
`--+-- Taoniscus
`--+-- Nothura
`--+== Nothoprocta
`-- Rhynchotus
|
After Bertelli, Giannini & Goloboff, 2002
<==o Tinamidae
|-- Nothocercus
`--+-- Tinamus
`--+-- Crypturellus
`--+-- Taoniscus
`--+== Nothura
`--+-- Nothoprocta
`--+-- Rhynchotus
`--+-- Tinamotis
`-- Eudromia
|
After Miranda-Ribeiro, 1938
<==o Tinamidae
|--o Tinaminae
| |-- Crypturellus
| |-- Nothocercus
| `-- Tinamus
`--o Nothurinae
|-- Eudromia
|-- Nothoprocta
|-- Nothura
|-- Rhynchotus
|-- Taoniscus
`-- Tinamotis
|
After von Boettischer, 1934
<==o Tinamidae
|--o Eudrominae
| |-- Eudromia
| `-- Tinamotis
|--o Tinaminae
| |-- Crypturellus
| |-- Nothocercus
| `-- Tinamus
`--o Rhynchotinae
|-- Nothoprocta
|-- Nothura
|-- Rhynchotus
`-- Taoniscus
|
After Salvadori, 1895
<==o Tinamidae
|--o Tinamotidinae
| |-- Eudromia
| `-- Tinamotis
`--o Tinaminae
|-- Crypturellus
|-- Nothocercus
|-- Nothoprocta
|-- Nothura
|-- Rhynchotus
|-- Taoniscus
`-- Tinamus
|
Reference(s):
- Bertelli, S., Giannini, N. P. & Goloboff, P. A., 2002: A Phylogeny of the Tinamous (Aves: Palaeognathiformes) Based on Integumentary Characters.
–Systematic Biology: Vol. 51, #6, pp. 959-979 [doi: 10.1080/10635150290102492]
- Bertelli, S. & Porzecanski, A. L., 2004: Tinamou (Tinamidae) Systematics: a Preliminary Combined Analysis of Morphology and Molecules.
–Ornitologia Neotropical: Vol. 15, #Supplement, pp. 293-300
- Cracraft, J., 2001: Avian evolution, Gondwana biogeography and the Cretaceous-Tertiary mass extinction event.
–Proceedings of the Royal Society of London: Biological series: Vol. 268, pp. 459-469
- Feduccia, A., 1980: The Age of Birds.
–Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts & London, England, 1980, ix-196
- Feduccia, A., 1996: The Origin and Evolution of Birds.
–Yale University Press, Hew Haven, 1996
- Olson, S. L., 1985: The fossil record of birds. 79-239.
in Farner, D., King, J. & Parkes, K. (eds.), 1985: Avian Biology. vol VIII.
–Academic Press, New York. 1985.
- Peterson, A. P., 2002-: Zoonomen Nomenclatural data of Birds. (Updated: 2003-10-13)
–iNet: Zoonomen Nomenclatural data: http://www.zoonomen.net/avtax/frame.html; [visited: 2003-10-14]
- Sibley, C. G. & Monroe, J., BL., 1990: Distribution and taxonomy of birds of the world.
–Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 1990. XXIV-1111.