Long-billed Dowitcher
(Limnodromus scolopaceus)
Conservation • Description • Habitat • Biology • Distribution • Taxonomy
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| IUCN Red List | LC - Least Concern |
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| NatureServe | N5B, N5N - Secure Breeding and Nonbreeding SNRB, SNRM - Unranked Breeding and Migrant |
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| Minnesota | not listed |
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Description |
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11″ to 12½″ in length 19″ wingspan |
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Habitat |
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Mudflats, lakeshores, shallow marshes, ponds, reservoirs |
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Biology |
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Migration |
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Late April to late May and September to early November |
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Distribution |
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Occurrence |
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Uncommon migrant |
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The Minnesota Ornithologists’ Union All Seasons Species Occurrence Map |
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Taxonomy |
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| Class | Aves (birds) | ||
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Charadriiformes (shorebirds and allies) | ||
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Scolopacidae (sandpipers and allies) | ||
Genus |
Limnodromus (Dowitchers) | ||
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| Long-billed Dowitcher Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren |
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| Long-billed Dowitcher JMC Nature Photos |
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| WWT Slimbridge: Long-billed dowitcher - close-up Sacha Dench |
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Published on Jul 27, 2012 Long-billed dowitcher filmed at WWT Slimbridge by James Lees. |
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| Long Billed Dowitcher Waderworld Waderworld |
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Uploaded on Nov 11, 2009 Long Billed Dowitcher, Cabo da Praia quarry, Terceira, Azores, September 2009 |
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| Long-billed Dowitcher (Panasonic Lumix GH2 + 14-140mm) MackM48 |
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Uploaded on May 1, 2011 Panasonic Lumix GH2 + 14-140mm |
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| Long-billed Dowitcher swiftbirder |
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Uploaded on Sep 19, 2010 Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus, Större beckasinsnäppa), Krosno Creek, Durham, Ontario, Canada, 19 September 2010. Also seen: Three Stilt Sandpipers, a Pectoral Sandpiper, and several Lesser Yellowlegs. Digiscoped with a Swarovski ATM-80 HD spotting scope and a Casio Exilim EX-Z750 snapshot camera using the Swarovski digital camera base (DCB) adapter. |
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| Long Billed Dowitcher V3.MPG Waderworld Waderworld |
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Uploaded on Dec 25, 2010 Long Billed Dowiycher, Kotzebue, Alaska, June 2010. |
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| Lynn Pfeifer 8/12/2022 |
Location: shore of Pulaski Lake, Buffalo, MN My 2 boys and I saw this bird. Could not identify it in our MN birdbook or websites for MN birds. Searched deeper and this is definitely the bird we saw! |
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