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Attagis

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

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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.

The genus was erected by the French ornithologists Isidore Saint-Hilaire and René Lesson in 1831 with the rufous-bellied seedsnipe (Attagis gayi) as the type species.[2][3] The name Attagis is the word used for a game bird in Ancient Greek texts. It probably referred to the black francolin (Francolinus francolinus).[4]

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Species

The genus contains two species:[5]

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These are the larger of the four seedsnipe species.

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References

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