Seedsnipe

Seed Snipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Charadriiformes Family ]: Thinocoridae[?]
Genera Attagis Thinocorus

The Seedsnipe are a South American family of group of small gregarious waders which have adapted to a vegetarian diet.

These birds look superficially like sparrows in structure and bill shape. They have short legs and long wings.

Their 2-3 eggs are laid in a shallow scape on the ground.

The species are

• Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe[?] Attagis gayi
• White-bellied Seedsnipe[?] Attagis malouinus

• Grey-breasted Seedsnipe[?] Thinocorus orbignyanus
• Patagonian Seedsnipe[?] Thinocorus rumicivorus