Charadriiformes / Thinocoridae / Thinocorus

Least Seedsnipe

Thinocorus rumicivorus

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

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Thinocorus rumicivorus bolivianus

altiplano of southern Peru to northern Chile and far northwestern Argentina
Thinocorus rumicivorus cuneicauda

formerly southwestern Ecuador (Santa Elena Peninsula; apparently extirpated); lowlands of northwestern Peru (north to Lambayeque) southward to northern Chile (Tarapacá)
Thinocorus rumicivorus rumicivorus

breeds Patagonian steppe from Neuquén and Río Negro (south-central Argentina) southward to Tierra del Fuego; southern breeders mostly winter northward to central Chile and central Argentina

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.