- Source: Attagis
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.
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. The name Attagis is the word used for a game bird in Ancient Greek texts. It probably referred to the black francolin (Francolinus francolinus).
Species
The genus contains two species:
These are the larger of the four seedsnipe species.
References
Shorebirds by Hayman, Marchant and Prater ISBN 0-395-60237-8
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Berkik-puyuh perut-merah
- Berkik-puyuh
- Attagis
- Rufous-bellied seedsnipe
- Seedsnipe
- White-bellied seedsnipe
- Puffin
- Skua
- Charadriiformes
- Inca tern
- Southern lapwing
- Great auk
