After Olson, 1985, Feduccia, 1980, 1997, Sibley & Monroe, 1990 and Peterson, 2002-2003
<==o Tinamiformes (Huxley, 1872) (tinamilinnut) [Recent: 9 genera / 47 species]
`--o Tinamidae Gray, 1840 (tinamous; tinamit) [9/47]
|-- Tinamus Hermann, 1783 (isotinamit) [5 sp./20 ssp.]
|--o Nothocercus Bonaparte, 1846 (vuoritinamit) [3 sp./7 ssp.]
| |--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)
|-- Crypturellus Brabourne & Chubb, 1914 (brown tinamous; ruskotinamit) [21 sp./55 ssp.]
|--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) [7/18]
|--o Nothura Wagler, 1827 [†Cayeornis Brodkorb] (viiriäistinamit) [5]
| |-- †N. parvulus (Brodkorb) [†Cayeornis parvulus Brodkorb]
| |--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. 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
| |-- N. minor (Spix, 1825) (viiriäistinami)
| `-- N. boraquira (Spix, 1825) (isoviiriäistinami)
|-- Taoniscus nanus (Temminck, 1815) Gloger, 1841 (Kääpiötinami)
|--o Eudromia I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1832 [†Tinamisornis Rovereto] (töyhtötinamit) [2]
| |-- †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 Tinamotis Vigors, 1837 (ylänkötinamit) [2]
| |-- T. pentlandii Vigors, 1837 (punantinami)
| `-- T. ingoufi Oustalet, 1890 (patagoniantinami)
`-- †Querandiornis romani
Reference(s):
- 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]
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–Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 1990. XXIV-1111.
