Attagis
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Attagis is a genus of seedsnipe
, a South America
n family of small gregarious wader
s which have adapted to a vegetarian diet.
These bird
s look superficially like partridge
s 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.
Attagis contains the larger two of the four seedsnipe species.
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 American distribution, in the Andean and Patagonian regions...
, a South America
South America
South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...
n family of small gregarious wader
Wader
Waders, called shorebirds in North America , are members of the order Charadriiformes, excluding the more marine web-footed seabird groups. The latter are the skuas , gulls , terns , skimmers , and auks...
s which have adapted to a vegetarian diet.
These bird
Bird
Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...
s look superficially like partridge
Partridge
Partridges are birds in the pheasant family, Phasianidae. They are a non-migratory Old World group.These are medium-sized birds, intermediate between the larger pheasants and the smaller quails. Partridges are native to Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East...
s 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.
Attagis contains the larger two of the four seedsnipe species.
Species
- Rufous-bellied SeedsnipeRufous-bellied SeedsnipeThe Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe, Attagis gayi, is a wader which is a resident breeding bird in the Andes of South America south from Ecuador....
Attagis gayi - White-bellied SeedsnipeWhite-bellied SeedsnipeThe White-bellied Seedsnipe is a species of bird in the Thinocoridae family. It is found in southern parts of Argentina and Chile and is a vagrant to the Falkland Islands. Its natural habitats are temperate grassland and swamps....
Attagis malouinus