In breeding plumage, Short-billed Dowitchers are lovely orange, brown, and golden shorebirds with chunky bodies and very long bills (despite the name).
The short-billed dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus), like its congener the long-billed dowitcher, is a medium-sized, stocky, long-billed shorebird in the family ...
Short-billed dowitcher
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The short-billed dowitcher, like its congener the long-billed dowitcher, is a medium-sized, stocky, long-billed shorebird in the family Scolopacidae.
It is an inhabitant of North America, Central America, the Caribbean, and northern South America.... Wikipedia
Conservation status: Least Concern (Population decreasing)
Mass: 3.7 oz (Adult)
Scientific name: Limnodromus griseus
Family: Scolopacidae
Order: Charadriiformes
Source: Encyclopedia of Life
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Plump, medium-sized shorebird with very long bill. Extremely similar to Long-billed Dowitcher, and often flocks with it. Best distinguished by voice: a ...
The Short-billed Dowitcher is a medium-sized shorebird with a bill twice as long as its head. It has moderately long, pale legs. Juvenile plumage includes a ...
General Information. The Short-billed Dowitcher is a medium-sized shorebird with a bill twice as long as its head. It has moderately long, pale legs.
The short-billed dowitcher, like its congener the long-billed dowitcher, is a medium-sized, stocky, long-billed shorebird in the family Scolopacidae.
The long-billed, medium-sized Short-billed Dowitcher is a common and conspicuous migrant along the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific coasts.
This species has an extremely large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence < ...
Nests in grassy or mossy tundra and wet meadows, in muskeg. The nest is a shallow hollow in mosses or grasses, lined with grasses, leaves, and twigs. Non- ...
The short-billed dowitcher, Limnodromus griseus, breeds in northern Canada and southeastern Alaska. It winters along the coastlines of North America and South ...
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