Dowitchers
The three dowitchers are medium-sized long-billed wading birds.
Dowitcher
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
see snipe.
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Snipe - common name for a shore bird of the family Scolopacidae native to the Old and New Worlds.
Dowitcher
The dowitcher is a medium-sized shore bird of the genus Limnodromus, family Scolopacidae ...
Western Dowitcher, Greater Dowitcher, Greater Greyback, Greater Grayback, Greater Long-Beak, Western Red-breasted Snipe, Red-bellied Snipe, Red-breasted Snipe
Bird Family : ...
Long-billed Dowitcher Behaviour
No observations regarding Long-billed Dowitcher behavior have been submitted to the database yet.
Interesting Facts about Long-billed Dowitchers ...
Long-Billed Dowitcher, Birding Center, Port Aransas, Texas
Photograph by Alan And Elaine Wilson. Some rights reserved. (view image details)
BIRD FACTS ...
Short-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus griseus
The Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) breeds across parts of the northern latitudes of Canada as well as parts of Alaska.
Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus - USGS Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter
Short-billed Dowitcher Species Account - Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Short-billed Dowitcher Information - South Dakota Birds and Birding ...
Short-billed Dowitchers thrust their long bills deep into mud or sand, and pump in a rhythmic, up and down motion that is often compared to a sewing machine.
Long-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus scolopaceus (Say)
Status Rare transient. A bird collected on Sable Island and labelled 4 October 1897 was identified as this species by Pitelka (1950).
The Short-billed Dowitcher is nearly identical in appearance to its cousin, the Long-billed Dowitcher. The Short-billed strongly prefers coastal habitats in most seasons, however, while the Long-billed prefers fresh-water habitats.
Characteristics The long-billed dowitcher is 11-12 inches in length. It has a long, straight black bill; long, green legs; a white lower back and rump and white eyebrows.
Long-billed Dowitcher
(Limnodromus scolopaceus)
Status: Migrant.
Last recorded on site in 2006
The Patuxent web-site provides more general information about this species.
Occurs as a migrant along the edges of ponds and lakes.
Dowitcher, Short-billed Limnodromus griseus Found: The , Europe (rather rare)
Photographed by Dick Daniels at Sunset Beach, North Carolina
1 - 4) Non breeding 5 - 7) Breeding
Genus Limosa ...
Asiatic Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus
Common Sandpiper Tringa hypoleucos
Terek Sandpiper Tringa terek ...
The Eastern dowitcher, also called Robin Snipe, red breasted snipe , are all commonly found on mud flats and shores, so does the long billed dowitcher of West North America and South America ( rare on the Atlantic coast ) .
Long-billed Dowitcher
Summer Sighting Information: rare
Nest on or near Refuge? no
Short-billed Dowitcher
Summer Sighting Information: abundant
Nest on or near Refuge? no ...
Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus. Common in spring and fall, and occasional in winter in Gulf Coast region. In other regions, rare in fall and early winter, and occasional in spring and late summer.
The Short-billed Dowitcher is common along the coasts and may be found at inland lakes and marshes in winter. It forages by stabbing its bill into the mud.
Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus)
Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa)
Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)
Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima)
Red Knot (Calidris canutus)
Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicaria) ...
Those that remain are easily missed by casual birders like me, as they blend in with larger flocks of similar looking shorebirds like Dowitchers. Right now some Red Knots are passing along the coast, having largely molted into breeding plumage.
Asian dowitcher (Limnodromus semipalmatus)
Frog-faced softshell turtle (Pelochelys cantorii)
Curlew sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)
Aglaia (Aglaia polyneura)
Marsh sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis)
Cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis) ...
RED-BREASTED SNIPE.
[Short-Billed Dowitcher.]
SCOLOPAX NOVEBORACENSIS, Gmel.
[Limnodromus griseus.] ...
American Woodcock has a plain, buffy breast, rounded wings and a distinctive head pattern. Dowitchers are similar in size and shape but lack prominent crown and back stripes, and have a white rump and barred tail.
Remarks It bears some resemblance to the Lesser Yellowlegs, but when first seen it is more likely to be confused with the Short-billed Dowitcher, with which it often associates.
 See also: Sandpiper, Snipe, Godwit, Curlew, Stilt
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