Thinocorus

Thinocorus
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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 orbignyanus Thinocorus rumicivorus

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

This article is part of Project Bird Genera, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each genus, including made-up genera.