Seedsnipes (Thinocoridae)

White-bellied Seedsnipe (Attagis malouinus) - HBW 3, p. 545

French: Attagis de Magellan German: Weißbauch-Höhenläufer Spanish: Agachona Patagona

Taxonomy: Tetrao Malouinus Boddaert, 1783, Falkland Islands.
Northern birds have on occasion been separated as subspecies cheeputi, recognized by darker rump, but doubtfully valid. Monotypic.

Distribution: S Chile and Argentina, from Magellanes and Río Negro to islands off Cape Horn.