Least Seedsnipe (Thinocorus rumicivorus)

Other Names (World)
Least Seedsnipe, Patagonian Seedsnipe, Pygmy Seedsnipe

Family
Thinocoridae (Seedsnipes)

Size
16 - 19 cm

First Described (Guide)
Eschscholtz, 1829

Habitat
Temperate grassland. Also, subtropical and tropical high altitude grassland, pastureland. From sea-level - 3,700 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, Uruguay (NB).

Vagrant to Antarctica, Brazil (NB), Falkland Islands (Malvinas).

Population
Estimated population is 100,000 - 1,000,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (10)...)

Least Seedsnipe (Thinocorus rumicivorus) [XC115763]
by Peter Boesman from Pali Aike entrance road, XII Region, Chile (call)

Least Seedsnipe (Thinocorus rumicivorus) [XC47134]
by Niels Krabbe from Santa Cruz: Laguna de los Escarchados, Argentina (call, calls of female with chicks)

Subspecies
Southern birds have on occasion been separated as subspecies patagonicus, but doubtfully valid.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

pallidus Eschscholtz, 1829 - Lowlands of south-western Ecuador and extreme north-western Peru.
cuneicauda (Peale, 1849) - Peruvian Desert.
bolivianus Lowe, 1921 - Altiplano from extreme southern Peru through northern Chile and western Bolivia to north-western Argentina (Jujuy).
rumicivorus Eschscholtz, 1829 - Patagonian steppe south to northern Tierra del Fuego; migrates to central Chile and plains of north-eastern Argentina and Uruguay.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Least Seedsnipe (Thinocorus rumicivorus) - 10 files

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