Thinocorus 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 or 3 eggs are laid in a shallow scrape on the ground. Thinocorus contains the smaller two of the four seedsnipe species. Species References Shorebirds by Hayman, Marchant and Prater Bird genera