Grey-breasted seedsnipe
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Thinocoridae |
| Genus: | Thinocorus |
| Species: | T. orbignyianus
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| Binomial name | |
| Thinocorus orbignyianus (Saint-Hilaire & Lesson, 1831)
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The grey-breasted seedsnipe (Thinocorus orbignyianus) is a species of bird in the Thinocoridae family. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru. Its natural habitats are temperate grassland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, and swamps.
Subspecies
There are two subspecies of the grey-breasted seedsnipe:[2]
- T. o. ingae, (Tschudi, 1843): northern Peru to northern Chile & northwestern Argentina
- T. o. orbigyianus, (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & Lesson, 1831): north-central Chile & west-central Argentina to Tierra del Fuego
References
- ^ Template:IUCN
- ^ "Buttonquail". International Ornithological Congress. Retrieved 2015-01-08.
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