Seedsnipes (Thinocoridae)
Least Seedsnipe (Thinocorus rumicivorus) - HBW 3, p. 545
French: Thinocore de Patagonie
German: Zwerghöhenläufer
Spanish: Agachona Chica
Other common names: Patagonian/Pygmy Seedsnipe
Taxonomy: Thinocorus rumicivorus Eschscholtz, 1829, Concepción, Chile.
Southernmost populations formerly awarded separate race, patagonicus, but not normally accepted nowadays. Four subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- pallidus Salvadori & Festa, 1910 - lowlands of SW Ecuador and extreme NW Peru.
- cuneicauda (Peale, 1848) - Peruvian Desert.
- bolivianus Lowe, 1921 - Altiplano from extreme S Peru through N Chile and W Bolivia to NW Argentina (Jujuy).
- rumicivorus Eschscholtz, 1829 - Patagonian steppe S to N Tierra del Fuego; migrates to C Chile and plains of NE Argentina and Uruguay.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male running and flying off Locality Estancia La Angostura, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina (ssp rumicivorus)
Josep del Hoyo 26 October 2003 7 years ago 11 sec 3.5 -
A male feeding on the ground Locality Estancia La Angostura, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina (ssp rumicivorus)
Josep del Hoyo 26 October 2003 7 years ago 11 sec 3.2 -
Male sitting on rock Locality Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina
mark sutton 1 December 2009 2 years ago 22 sec 3.2 -
A male on the ground and flying away Locality Estancia La Angostura, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina (ssp rumicivorus)
Josep del Hoyo 26 October 2003 7 years ago 23 sec 3.2 -
A male on the ground and flying off Locality Estancia La Angostura, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina (ssp rumicivorus)
Josep del Hoyo 26 October 2003 7 years ago 8 sec 3.2 -
A female running on the ground Locality Peru
Luc Fazio 31 January 2005 4 years ago 22 sec 3.1
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Male calling early morning
Locality Lomas de lachay, Lima Department, Peru
Dubi shapiro 14 November 2011 9 weeks ago 4.7 -
Male on ground after displaying
Locality Patagonia, Argentina
Hans-Georg Folz 27 October 2011 9 weeks ago 3.8 -
Male in a misty morning
Locality Lomas de lachay, Lima Department, Peru (ssp cuneicauda)
auf 26 August 2008 1 year ago 3.8 -
Female in a misty morning
Locality Lomas de lachay, Lima Department, Peru (ssp cuneicauda)
auf 26 August 2008 1 year ago 3 -
female seedsnipe
Locality Lomas de lachay, Lima Department, Peru
Nature Expeditions Peru 1 January 2009 2 years ago 3 -
male seedsnipe
Locality Lomas de lachay, Lima Department, Peru
Nature Expeditions Peru 1 January 2009 2 years ago 2.7
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Soft calls. Locality Lomas de lachay, Lima Department, Peru
(Monotypic species)
Nick Athanas 10 May 2003 2 years ago 4
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