White-bellied Seedsnipe

Attagis malouinus (Boddaert, 1783)

Thinocoridae — Seedsnipes

White-bellied Seedsnipe, Attagis malouinus, is a bird of high mountain country in southern Chile and west-central Argentina, reaching Cape Horn and moving down to the plains of south-eastern Argentina outside the breeding season. It is a member of the seedsnipe family in the order Charadriiformes. The bird is marked by a white chin and belly, with the upperparts and breast showing a fine pattern of buff, cinnamon and black. Males and females are much alike, while young birds are a little paler and more heavily marked.

Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Thinocoridae — Seedsnipes
Breeding range: South America: high-montane s Chile and Rio Negro (wc Argentina) to Cape Horn
Nonbreeding range: to plains of se Argentina