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Seedsnipe

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are their closest relatives. The plains wanderer in particular has a similar feeding ecology, although differs markedly in breeding biology. The family's common name is misleading, as they do not resemble true
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Sérsic, A. N.; Cocucci, A. A. (1996). "A Remarkable Case of Ornithophily in Calceolaria : Food Bodies as Rewards for a Non-nectarivorous Bird*".
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on small heads, and seeds do not form a major part of the diet. One species
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is however known to feed on the fleshy flower petal appendages of
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regions. The relationships with other families within the order
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del Hoyo, J.; Elliot, A. & Sargatal, J. (editors). (1996).
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Seedsnipes inhabit a variety of harsh environments, including
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species, the males have grey faces, necks and breasts.
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276:, only with long wings. The seedsnipes in the genus 552: 210:, each containing two species. The family has a 335:ranges as far up as to the snowline (5500 m). 226:are uncertain; it has been suggested that the 8: 342:are laid in a shallow scrape on the ground. 540: 486:Volume 3: Hoatzin to Auks. Lynx Edicions. 349: 29: 20: 449: 471: 469: 194:diet. 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Rufous-bellied seedsnipe
Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Charadriiformes
Scolopaci
Thinocoridae
Gray
Attagis
Thinocorus

grey-breasted seedsnipe
Royal Ontario Museum
family
waders
herbivorous
genera
Attagis
Thinocorus
South American
Andean
Patagonian
Charadriiformes
plains wanderer
Australia
jacanas

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