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The seedsnipe are a South American family of group of small gregarious waders which have adapted to a vegetarian 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.
The species are
- ORDER CHARADRIIFORMES
- Suborder Charadrii: waders
- Family Thinocoridae
- Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe Attagis gayi
- White-bellied Seedsnipe Attagis malouinus
- Grey-breasted Seedsnipe Thinocorus orbignyanus
- Patagonian Seedsnipe Thinocorus rumicivorus
- Family Pedionomidae: Plains Wanderer
- Family Scolopacidae: snipe, sandpipers, phalaropes, and allies
- Family Rostratulidae: painted snipe
- Family Jacanidae: jacanas
- Family Chionididae: sheathbills
- Family Burhinidae: thick-knees
- Family Haematopodidae: oystercatchers
- Family RecurvirostridaeRecurvirostridae : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Charadriiformes : Recurvirostridae Genera Recurvirostra ''Himantopus ''Cladorhynchus Recurvirostridae is a family of birds in the wader suborder Charadri. It contains two distinct groups: The avocets, with l: avocets
- Family Ibidorhynchidae: Ibisbill
- Family CharadriidaeCharadriidae Masked Lapwing : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Charadriiformes Charadriidae Subfamilies Charadriinae Vanellinae The bird family Charadriidae includes the plovers, dotterels, and lapwings, about 64 to 66 species in all. They are small to medium plovers and lapwings
- Family Pluvianellidae: Magellanic Plover
- Family Dromadidae: Crab Plover
- Family Glareolidae: pratincoles and coursers
- Suborder Lari: gulls and allies; 4 families
- Suborder Alcae: auks; 1 family
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