Least Seedsnipe
Thinocorus rumicivorus
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Thinocoridae
- Genus
- Thinocorus
- eBird Code
- leasee1
Vocalizations
Geografiaargentina · CC_BY_4_0
Geografiaargentina · CC_BY_4_0
Subspecies (3)
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Thinocorus rumicivorus bolivianus
altiplano of southern Peru to northern Chile and far northwestern Argentina
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Thinocorus rumicivorus cuneicauda
formerly southwestern Ecuador (Santa Elena Peninsula; apparently extirpated); lowlands of northwestern Peru (north to Lambayeque) southward to northern Chile (Tarapacá)
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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
Data Sources
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.