Thinocorus
Genus of birds
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Thinocorus is a genus of seedsnipe, a South American family of small gregarious waders which have adapted to a vegetarian diet.
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| Thinocorus | |
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| Thinocorus orbignyianus and Thinocorus rumicivorus from The birds of South America | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Thinocoridae |
| Genus: | Thinocorus Eschscholtz, 1829 |
| Type species | |
| Thinocorus rumicivorus[1] Eschscholtz, 1829 | |
| Species | |
These birds look superficially like partridges in structure and bill shape. They have short legs and long wings. Their 2 or 3 eggs are laid in a shallow scrape on the ground.
Thinocorus contains the smaller two of the four seedsnipe species.
Species
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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| Grey-breasted seedsnipe
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Thinocorus orbignyianus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, I & Lesson, 1831 Two subspecies
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Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru. |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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| Least seedsnipe
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Thinocorus rumicivorus Eschscholtz, 1829 Three subspecies
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Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru. |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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