Attagis

Taxobox
name = "Attagis"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Charadriiformes
familia = Thinocoridae
genus = "Attagis"
genus_authority = Saint- Hilaire and Lesson, 1831
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
* "Attagis gayi"
* "Attagis malouinus"

"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.

Species

* Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe "Attagis gayi"
* White-bellied Seedsnipe "Attagis malouinus"

References

* "Shorebirds" by Hayman, Marchant and Prater ISBN 0-395-60237-8