Grey-breasted seedsnipe
| Grey-breasted seedsnipe | |
|---|---|
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| A skull, from the collection of the Royal Ontario Museum | |
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Thinocoridae |
| Genus: | Thinocorus |
| Species: | T. orbignyianus |
| Binomial name | |
| Thinocorus orbignyianus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & Lesson, 1831) | |
The grey-breasted seedsnipe (Thinocorus orbignyianus) is a species of bird in the Thinocoridae family. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru. Its natural habitats are temperate grassland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, and swamps.
Subspecies
There are two subspecies of the grey-breasted seedsnipe:[2]
- T. o. ingae, (Tschudi, 1843): northern Peru to northern Chile & northwestern Argentina
- T. o. orbigyianus, (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & Lesson, 1831): north-central Chile & west-central Argentina to Tierra del Fuego
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Thinocorus orbignyianus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ "Buttonquail". International Ornithological Congress. Retrieved 2015-01-08.