Thinocorus

Thinocorus
Thinocorus orbignyianus and Thinocorus rumicivorus from The birds of South America
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Charadriiformes
Family:	Thinocoridae
Genus:	Thinocorus Eschscholtz, 1829
Type species
Thinocorus rumicivorus[1] Eschscholtz, 1829
Species
Thinocorus orbignyianus Thinocorus rumicivorus

Thinocorus is a genus of seedsnipe, a South American family of small gregarious waders which have adapted to a vegetarian diet.

These birds look superficially like partridges in structure and bill shape. They have short legs and long wings. Their 2 or 3 eggs are laid in a shallow scrape on the ground.

Thinocorus contains the smaller two of the four seedsnipe species.