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Thinocorus
Sign in to saveThinocorus is a genus of seedsnipe, a South American family of small gregarious waders which have adapted to a vegetarian diet.
Species
Least Seedsnipe
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderCharadriiformes
- FamilyThinocoridae
Observations720
Observations recorded32,176
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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.
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.
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Alcidae
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Mancallinae
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bird
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Stercorariidae
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Buttonquail
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Haematopus
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Crab-plover
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Ibisbill
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seedsnipe
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Egyptian Plover
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Plains-wanderer
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wading birds
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Magellanic Plover
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Chionis
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Least Seedsnipe
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grey-breasted seedsnipe
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Laornis edvardsianus
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South America
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Animalia
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