The short-billed dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus), like its congener the long-billed dowitcher, is a medium-sized, stocky, long-billed shorebird in the family ...
In breeding plumage, Short-billed Dowitchers are lovely orange, brown, and golden shorebirds with chunky bodies and very long bills (despite the name).
Short-billed dowitcher
Bird
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
Scientific name: Limnodromus griseus
Conservation status: Least Concern (Population decreasing)
Mass: 3.7 oz (Adult)
Family: Scolopacidae
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Phylum: Chordata
Source: Encyclopedia of Life
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.
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, like its congener the long-billed dowitcher, is a medium-sized, stocky, long-billed shorebird in the family Scolopacidae.
This species has an extremely large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence < ...
The long-billed, medium-sized Short-billed Dowitcher is a common and conspicuous migrant along the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific coasts.
Dowitchers are medium-sized shorebirds with long straight bills. The short-billed dowitcher, Limnodromus griseus, breeds in northern Canada and southeastern ...
