Information about Thinocoridae

Seedsnipe
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Charadriiformes
Family:Thinocoridae
Gray, 1845
Genera


Attagis
Thinocorus


The seedsnipe are a South American family of group of small gregarious waders which have adapted to a herbivorous 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 scrape on the ground.

Species

Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. Scientific classification also can be called scientific taxonomy, but should be distinguished from folk taxonomy, which lacks scientific basis.
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Chordata
Bateson, 1885

Typical Classes

See below

Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates.
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Aves
Linnaeus, 1758

Orders

About two dozen - see section below

Birds (class Aves) are bipedal, warm-blooded, egg-laying vertebrate animals.
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Charadriiformes
Huxley, 1867

Families

Scolopacidae
Rostratulidae
Jacanidae
Thinocoridae
Pedionomidae
Laridae
Rhynchopidae
Sternidae
Alcidae
Stercorariidae
Glareolidae
Dromadidae
Turnicidae
Burhinidae
Chionididae
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John Edward Gray

Born January 12 1800(1800--)
Walsall, England
Died March 07 1875 (aged 75)

Nationality British
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Attagis
Saint- Hilaire and Lesson, 1831

Species
  • Attagis gayi
  • Attagis malouinus


Attagis
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Thinocorus
Eschscholtz, 1829

Genus
  • Thinocorus orbignyanus
  • Thinocorus rumicivorus


Thinocorus
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South America is a continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east by the Atlantic Ocean; North America and the Caribbean Sea lie
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Charadrii

Families
  • Ibidorhynchidae
  • Recurvirostridae
  • Haematopodidae
  • Charadriidae
Waders, called shorebirds in North America (where "wader" is used to refer to long-legged wading birds such as storks and herons), are members
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Herbivory is a form of predation in which an organism known as an herbivore, consumes principally autotrophs[1] such as plants, algae and photosynthesizing bacteria.
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Aves
Linnaeus, 1758

Orders

About two dozen - see section below

Birds (class Aves) are bipedal, warm-blooded, egg-laying vertebrate animals.
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Passeridae
Illiger, 1811

Genera

Passer
Petronia
Carpospiza
Montifringilla

The "true sparrows", the Old World sparrows in the family Passeridae, are small passerine birds.
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In most birds and reptiles, an egg (Latin ovum) is the zygote, resulting from fertilization of the ovum. To enable incubation the egg is usually kept within a favourable temperature range as it nourishes and protects the growing embryo.
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Attagis
Saint- Hilaire and Lesson, 1831

Species
  • Attagis gayi
  • Attagis malouinus


Attagis
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A. gayi

Binomial name
Attagis gayi
(Saint- Hilaire and Lesson, 1831)

The Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe, Attagis gayi
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A. malouinus

Binomial name
Attagis malouinus
(Boddaert, 1783)

The White-bellied Seedsnipe (Attagis malouinus) is a species of bird in the Thinocoridae family.
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Thinocorus
Eschscholtz, 1829

Genus
  • Thinocorus orbignyanus
  • Thinocorus rumicivorus


Thinocorus
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T. orbignyianus

Binomial name
Thinocorus orbignyianus
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & Lesson, 1831

The Grey-breasted Seedsnipe (Thinocorus orbignyianus
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T. rumicivorus

Binomial name
Thinocorus rumicivorus
Eschscholtz, 1829

The Least Seedsnipe (Thinocorus rumicivorus) is a species of bird in the Thinocoridae family.
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