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Grey-breasted Seedsnipe
Thinocorus orbignyianus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, I & Lesson, RP, 1831
Thinocoridae — Seedsnipes
Grey-breasted Seedsnipe, Thinocorus orbignyianus, is a bird of the Andes in South America, breeding from montane Peru south through Chile and Argentina and moving into nearby lowlands outside the breeding season. It belongs to the family Thinocoridae and was described in 1831 by Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire and Lesson. In its range it is tied to puna grassland, especially places with short grass or low, matted growth close to bogs. The species has two subspecies, with T. o. ingae differing from the nominate in having shorter wings and legs.
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Thinocoridae — Seedsnipes
- Breeding range
- South America: montane Peru to s Chile and Argentina
- Nonbreeding range
- to adjacent lowlands
