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Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal	Grey-breasted Seedsnipe	Least Seedsnipe
Wissenschaftlicher Name	Thinocorus orbignyianus	Thinocorus rumicivorus
Ordnung	Charadriiformes	Charadriiformes
Familie	Thinocoridae	Thinocoridae
Erhaltungsstatus	Least Concern	Least Concern
Länge	—	—
Flügelspannweite	27,8 cm (10.9 in)	22,1 cm (8.7 in)
Gewicht	115,25 g (4.07 oz)	54,75 g (1.93 oz)
Ernährung	--	--
Gelegegröße	4	4
Population Trend	—	—

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Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

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Least Seedsnipe only

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Erhaltungsstatus

Least Concern

Grey-breasted Seedsnipe

Least Concern

Least Seedsnipe

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About These Birds

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.

Least Seedsnipe

Least Seedsnipe: 16–18 cm, smallest seedsnipe resembling a miniature quail. Males have a grey head with black gorget; females cryptically streaked. Inhabits arid coastal and Andean steppe from Ecuador south to Tierra del Fuego. Feeds on seeds and plant material. Locally nomadic. Cryptic plumage aids camouflage on stony ground.

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