Long-billed Dowitcher
(Limnodromus scolopaceus)
Conservation • Description • Habitat • Ecology • Distribution • Taxonomy
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Description |
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Size |
11″ to 12½″ in length 19″ wingspan |
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Habitat |
Mudflats, lakeshores, shallow marshes, ponds, reservoirs |
Ecology |
Migration |
Late April to late May and September to early November |
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Distribution |
Occurrence |
Uncommon migrant |
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The Minnesota Ornithologists’ Union All Seasons Species Occurrence Map |
Taxonomy |
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Class |
Aves (birds) |
Order |
Charadriiformes (shorebirds and allies) |
Family |
Scolopacidae (sandpipers and allies) |
Genus |
Limnodromus (Dowitchers) |
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LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER (Limnodromus scolopaceus) Identified by call at San Simeon Creek - 2Nov2010 Photo by Maggie Smith |
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long-billed dowitcher Morro Bay State Park, Morro Bay, California. Photo by Andrew Reding |
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WWT Slimbridge: Long-billed dowitcher - close-up |
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Published on Jul 27, 2012 Long-billed dowitcher filmed at WWT Slimbridge by James Lees. |
Long Billed Dowitcher |
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Uploaded on Nov 11, 2009 Long Billed Dowitcher, Cabo da Praia quarry, Terceira, Azores, September 2009 |
Long-billed Dowitcher (Panasonic Lumix GH2 + 14-140mm) |
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Uploaded on May 1, 2011 Panasonic Lumix GH2 + 14-140mm |
Long-billed Dowitcher |
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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. |
Long Billed Dowitcher V3.MPG |
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Uploaded on Dec 25, 2010 Long Billed Dowiycher, Kotzebue, Alaska, June 2010. |
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Location: 110 South Fourth St, Minneapolis MN he’s injured |
| 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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