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'''Attagis'''
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Thinocoridae
Genus

Attagis
Saint- Hilaire and Lesson, 1831


Attagis 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_3 eggs are laid in a shallow scrape on the ground.


Attagis contains the larger two of the four seedsnipe species.

See also

Thinocorus


Reference


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Attagis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (97 words)
Attagis is a genus of seedsnipe, a South American family of small gregarious waders which have adapted to a vegetarian diet.
Their 2-3 eggs are laid in a shallow scrape on the ground.
Attagis contains the larger two of the four seedsnipe species.
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