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| image_caption = [[Short-billed dowitcher]] ('' | | image_caption = [[Short-billed dowitcher]] (''Limnodromus griseus'') | ||
| taxon = Limnodromus | | taxon = Limnodromus | ||
| authority = [[Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied|Wied-Neuwied]], 1833 | | authority = [[Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied|Wied-Neuwied]], 1833 | ||
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|name=[[Short-billed dowitcher]] |binomial= | |name=[[Short-billed dowitcher]] |binomial=Limnodromus griseus | ||
|image=File:Short-billed dowitcher in JBWR (40844).jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt= | |image=File:Short-billed dowitcher in JBWR (40844).jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt= | ||
|authority-name=Gmelin, JF |authority-year=1789 |authority-not-original=yes | |authority-name=Gmelin, JF |authority-year=1789 |authority-not-original=yes | ||
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|name=[[Long-billed dowitcher]] |binomial= | |name=[[Long-billed dowitcher]] |binomial=Limnodromus scolopaceus | ||
|image=File:Dowitcher TX1985 & Cattail Marsh & Anahuac NWR TX 2018-04-24 10-20-37 (41168366985).jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt= | |image=File:Dowitcher TX1985 & Cattail Marsh & Anahuac NWR TX 2018-04-24 10-20-37 (41168366985).jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt= | ||
|authority-name=Say |authority-year=1822 |authority-not-original=yes | |authority-name=Say |authority-year=1822 |authority-not-original=yes | ||
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|name= [[Asian dowitcher]] |binomial= | |name= [[Asian dowitcher]] |binomial=Limnodromus semipalmatus | ||
|image=File:Asian Dowitcher 6436.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt= | |image=File:Asian Dowitcher, Dayuan, Taoyuan County, Taiwan 6436.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt= | ||
|authority-name=Blyth |authority-year=1848 |authority-not-original=yes | |authority-name=Blyth |authority-year=1848 |authority-not-original=yes | ||
|range= Siberia and Manchuria. | |range= Siberia and Manchuria. | ||
Latest revision as of 16:26, 21 October 2025
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The three dowitchers are medium-sized long-billed wading birds in the genus Limnodromus. The English name "dowitcher" is from Iroquois, recorded in English by the 1830s.[1]
They resemble godwits in body and bill shape, and the reddish underparts in summer, but are much shorter legged, more like snipes, to which they are more closely related.[2] All three are strongly migratory.
The two North American species are difficult to separate in most plumages, and were considered a single species for many years. The Asian bird is rare and not well known.
Taxonomy
The genus Limnodromus was introduced in 1833 by the German naturalist Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied to accommodate a single species, the short-billed dowitcher.[3][4] The name combines the Ancient Greek limnē meaning "marsh" with -dromos meaning "-racer" or "-runner".[5]
The dowitcher species are:[6]
References
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