Female © Andrew Spencer
Female © Jeff Skevington
Female © Santiago Imberti
Male and juvenile © James Moore (Maryland)
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Male © Luke Seitz

Mala šljuka semenjarka Thinocorus rumicivorus

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Identification

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Very small but stocky, quail-like bird of Patagonian steppe, sandy and stony plains in the Andes, coastal dunes, and deserts. Found in pairs or small groups; locally large flocks in nonbreeding season. Male has hooting song given from low mounds or fence posts, and sometimes during display flight. Flight is strong and fast; flushes with loud bleating chatters. Similar Gray-breasted Seedsnipe is larger, favors rockier Andean habitats, and has plain gray breast without diagnostic black Y pattern present on male Least Seedsnipes.

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