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Thinocoridae
(redirected from Seedsnipe)

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Thinocoridae [‚thin·ə′kȯr·ə‚dē]
(vertebrate zoology)
The seed snipes, family of South American birds in the order Charadriiformes.


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Seedsnipe and Andean gulls hug the lake edges and mossy bogs while diminutive hummingbirds like the Andean hillstar and the mountain parakeet are perhaps the most surprising denizens of the region.
As we made our way across the rather desert-like terrain we came across a species we had really wanted, Grey-breasted seedsnipe,a cross between wader and gamebird.
 
 
 
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