Family: THINOCORIDAE (Sundevall 1835)
Genera: Two genera recognised; Attagis and Thinocorus.
Attagis – Greek; attagis (attagis or attagen frankolin) (Saint-Hilaire, I. and Lesson 1831).
Thinocorus – Greek: this, thinos sand, beach desert; Modern Latin: corys lark (korudos lark) (Eschscholtz 1829).
South America
- ; Rufous-bellied, White-bellied, Grey-breasted and Least Seedsnipe.
∗ A. g. gayi (Saint-Hilaire, I. and Lesson 1831)
∗ A. g. latreillii (Lesson 1831)
∗ A. g. simonsi (Chubb 1918)
- White-bellied Seedsnipe A. malouinus (Boddaert 1783)
- Grey-breasted Seedsnipe Thinocorus orbignyianus (Saint-Hilaire, I. and Lesson 1831)
∗ T. o. orbignyianus (Saint-Hilaire, I. and Lesson 1831)
∗ T. o. ingae (Tschudi 1843)
∗ T. r. rumicivorus (Eschscholtz 1829)
∗ T. r. cuneicauda (Peale 1848)
∗ T. r. bolivianus (Lowe 1921)
- BirdLife International: IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 26/03/2020
- del Hoyo, Josep, Andrew Elliot & Jordi Sargatal: Handbook of the Birds of the World – Vol. 3 (1996)
- Hayman, Peter, John Marchant & Tony Prater: Shorebirds – An identification guide to the waders of the world (1986)
- Jobling, James A.: Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names (2010)
- Seebohm, Henry: The Geographical Distribution of the Family Charadriidae, or, The Plovers, Sandpipers, Snipes, and Their Allies (1888)
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