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
Mass: 3.7 oz (Adult)
Conservation status: Least Concern (Population decreasing)
Scientific name: Limnodromus griseus
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Phylum: Chordata
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 ...
A snipe-like, long-billed shorebird with white lower back and rump, black-and-white checkered tail, dark bill, green legs.
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- ...
A moderately rapid to rapid reduction in the population of Short-billed Dowitcher is estimated to be taking place based on analysis of migration count and ...
The long-billed, medium-sized Short-billed Dowitcher is a common and conspicuous migrant along the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific coasts.
Limnodromus griseus is found during the summer in overwintering areas on coastal mud flats, brackish lagoons and mangroves of North America. They are also found ...
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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.