After Bertelli & Porzecanski, 2004, with species snd subspecies from Sibley & Monroe, 1990, and Peterson, 2002-2003
<==o Tinamus Hermann, 1783 (isotinamit)
|--+-- T. guttatus Pelzeln, 1863 (helmitinami)
| `--o T. major (Gmelin, 1789) (isotinami)
| |-- T. m. brunneiventris Aldrich, 1937
| |-- T. m. castaneiceps Salvadori, 1895
| |-- T. m. fuscipennis Salvadori, 1895
| |-- T. m. latifrons Salvadori, 1895
| |-- T. m. major (Gmelin, 1789)
| |-- T. m. olivascens Conover, 1937
| |-- T. m. percautus VanTyne, 1935
| |-- T. m. peruvianus Bonaparte, 1856
| |-- T. m. robustus Sclater & Salvin, 1868
| |-- T. m. saturatus Griscom, 1929
| |-- T. m. serratus (Spix, 1825)
| `-- T. m. zuliensis Osgood & Conover, 1922
`--+--o T. osgoodi Conover, 1949 (mustatinami)
| |-- T. o. hershkovitzi Blake, 1953
| `-- T. o. osgoodi Conover, 1949
`--+--o T. solitarius (Vieillot, 1819) (erakkotinami)
| |-- T. s. pernambucensis Berla, 1949
| `-- T. s. solitarius (Vieillot, 1819)
`--o T. tao Temminck, 1815 (harmaatinami)
|-- T. t. kleei (Tschudi, 1843)
|-- T. t. larensis Phelps & Phelps, 1949
|-- T. t. septentrionalis Barbourne & Chubb, 1913
`-- T. t. tao Temminck, 1815
Reference(s):
- 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
- 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.