Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe - BirdForum Opus

Photo by AWPittman
North-east Ecuador, January 2016

Attagis gayi

Identification

27–30 cm (10½-11¾ in); short legs, long pointed wings

• Scalloped pale rufous underparts
• Reddish brown upperparts

Distribution

South America: found in Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

Attagis gayi has three subspecies:

• A. g. latreillii:

Andes of northern Ecuador

• A. g. simonsi:

• Andes of Peru to northern Chile and extreme north-western Argentina

• A. g. gayi:

• Andes of Chile and Argentina to Tierra del Fuego

Habitat

Paramo, rocky slopes, scree, alpine tundra.

Behaviour

Monogamous; the chicks are precocial. The nest is a shallow scrape in the ground. The clutch consists of 2-3 eggs.

Diet

Little is known about what they eat, apart from thorny and succulent plants.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved February 2016)
4. Thewebsiteofeverything

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 25 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Rufous-bellied_Seedsnipe

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