Thinocorus | |
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File:Thinocorus rumicivorus 3.jpg | |
File:Thinocorus rumicivorus 6.jpg | |
A study skin of a Least Seedsnipe from the collections of the Royal Ontario Museum, seen from above and below | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Charadriiformes |
Family: | Thinocoridae |
Genus: | Thinocorus Eschscholtz, 1829 |
Genus | |
Thinocorus is a genus of seedsnipe, a South American family of small gregarious waders which have adapted to a vegetarian diet.
These birds look superficially like partridges in structure and bill shape. They have short legs and long wings. Their 2-3 eggs are laid in a shallow scrape on the ground.
Thinocorus contains the smaller two of the four seedsnipe species.
Species[]
- Grey-breasted Seedsnipe Thinocorus orbignyanus
- Least Seedsnipe Thinocorus rumicivorus
References[]
- Shorebirds by Hayman, Marchant and Prater ISBN 0-395-60237-8
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