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The white-bellied seedsnipe is 26.5 to 29 cm (10 to 11 in) long and weighs about 310 to 400 g (11 to 14 oz). The sexes are essentially alike. Males' upperparts and breast have an intricate scallop pattern of buff, cinnamon, and black; their chin and belly are white. Females have a
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has assessed the white-bellied seedsnipe as being of Least
Concern. t has a large range, and though its population size is not known it is believed to be stable. No immediate threats have been identified. Much of its Chilean range and part of that in Argentina are protected. It is "largely protected
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Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, A. Jaramillo, D. F. Lane, J. F. Pacheco, M. B. Robbins, F. G. Stiles, and K. J. Zimmer. Version 24 July 2022. Species Lists of Birds for South
American Countries and Territories.
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Little is known about the white-bellied seedsnipe's breeding biology. It lays eggs at least in
December and January. Its nest is a shallow scrape in the ground lined with grass, moss, and lichen, and the clutch size is typically four eggs.
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Table des planches enluminéez d'histoire naturelle de M. D'Aubenton : avec les denominations de M.M. de Buffon, Brisson, Edwards, Linnaeus et Latham, precedé d'une notice des principaux ouvrages zoologiques
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somewhat less sharp division between the breast and belly than males. Juveniles are very similar to adults but are slightly paler and have somewhat heavier scalloping.
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The white-bellied seedsnipe breeds between elevations of 650 and 2,000 m (2,100 and 6,600 ft) and moves to lower elevations in the
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to accompany Buffon's text. Neither the plate caption nor Buffon's description included a scientific name, but in 1783 the Dutch naturalist
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The white-bellied seedsnipe's flight calls are "an excited-sounding 'tu-whit tu-whit' or 'too-ee too-ee...', given continually."
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309:The white-bellied seedsnipe is now placed in the
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607:Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux
603:"Le caille des Iles Malouines"
273:Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux
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1084:Taxa named by Pieter Boddaert
377:and west-central Argentina's
637:"Caille, des Iles Malouines"
389:. It has also occurred as a
330:was used for a game bird in
633:Daubenton, Louis-Jean-Marie
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752:retrieved December 7, 2022
699:Jobling, James A. (2010).
625:Martinet, François-Nicolas
1074:Birds of Tierra del Fuego
518:"White-bellied Seedsnipe
281:François-Nicolas Martinet
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24:White-bellied seedsnipe
1079:Birds described in 1783
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340:Francolinus francolinus
227:white-bellied seedsnipe
629:Daubenton, Edme-Louis
320:Isidore Saint-Hilaire
289:Edme-Louis Daubenton
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360:Description
324:René Lesson
295:coined the
1053:Categories
1031:Xeno-canto
547:7 December
500:References
249:shorebirds
661:enluminés
583:August 9,
387:Cape Horn
354:monotypic
350:malouinus
326:in 1831.
253:Argentina
204:Range of
155:Species:
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87:Eukaryota
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420:Movement
415:Behavior
241:suborder
187:Boddaert
133:Family:
107:Chordata
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97:Animalia
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60:IUCN 3.1
1064:Attagis
997:whbsee2
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432:Feeding
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391:vagrant
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283:in the
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257:Chile
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966:IUCN
953:ITIS
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711:ISBN
585:2022
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532:2016
493:IUCN
491:The
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