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Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute	White-bellied Seedsnipe	Grey-breasted Seedsnipe
Scientific Name	Attagis malouinus	Thinocorus orbignyianus
Order	Charadriiformes	Charadriiformes
Family	Thinocoridae	Thinocoridae
Conservation Status	Least Concern	Least Concern
Length	—	—
Wingspan	33.4 cm (13.1 in)	27.8 cm (10.9 in)
Weight	339.3333333333333 g (11.97 oz)	115.25 g (4.07 oz)
Diet	--	--
Clutch Size	4	4
Population Trend	—	—

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Habitat Comparison

Shared Habitats

None

White-bellied Seedsnipe only

None

Grey-breasted Seedsnipe only

🌾 Grassland

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Conservation Status

Least Concern

White-bellied Seedsnipe

Least Concern

Grey-breasted Seedsnipe

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About These Birds

White-bellied Seedsnipe

White-bellied Seedsnipe: 26–29 cm, large seedsnipe with white underparts and cryptic brown-streaked upperparts. Resident on Patagonian steppe, Falkland Islands, and windswept coasts of Tierra del Fuego and Cape Horn archipelago. Feeds on seeds, leaves, and plant material. Sedentary. Highly camouflaged; flushes explosively when disturbed.

Grey-breasted Seedsnipe

Grey-breasted Seedsnipe: 22–25 cm, medium seedsnipe with grey breast, white belly, and cryptically patterned brown upperparts. Resident on high Andean puna and grassland from Peru and Bolivia to southern Chile and Argentina at 3,000–4,800 m. Seed and plant feeder. Sedentary. Males have a distinctive song flight displaying white tail feathers.

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