''Thinocorus'' is a genus of

seedsnipe The seedsnipes are a small family, Thinocoridae, of small gregarious waders which have adapted to a herbivorous diet. The family is divided into two genera, ''Attagis'' and '' Thinocorus'', each containing two species. The family has a South Ame ...

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n family of small gregarious

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s which have adapted to a vegetarian diet. These

bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweigh ...

s look superficially like

partridge A partridge is a medium-sized Galliformes, galliform bird in any of several genera, with a wide Indigenous (ecology), native distribution throughout parts of Europe, Asia and Africa. Several species have been introduced to the Americas. They a ...

s in structure and bill shape. They have short legs and long wings. Their 2 or 3 eggs are laid in a shallow scrape on the ground. ''Thinocorus'' contains the smaller two of the four seedsnipe species.

Species

References

*''Shorebirds'' by Hayman, Marchant and Prater {{Taxonbar, from=Q945732 Bird genera