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 LC    Least Seedsnipe* Id (Atlas):
    Thinocorus rumicivorus

Description (10)
Image of Least Seedsnipe (Male)
 

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) [XC47733]
     by Andrew Spencer from Lomas de Lachay, Lima, Peru (call)

 
Least Seedsnipe (Thinocorus rumicivorus) [XC47135]
     by Andrew Spencer from Santa Cruz: Laguna de los Escarchados, Argentina (call, calls of pair 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
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Files:
JPG files for Least Seedsnipe (Thinocorus rumicivorus) - 10 files


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