Thinocorus

Thinocorus
Thinocorus orbignyianus and Thinocorus rumicivorus from The birds of South America
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Thinocoridae
Genus: Thinocorus
Eschscholtz, 1829
Type species
Thinocorus rumicivorus[1]
Eschscholtz, 1829
Species

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.

Thinocorus contains the smaller two of the four seedsnipe species.

  1. ^ "Thincoridae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-27.