Snipes, Sandpipers and Phalaropes (Scolopacidae)
Asian Dowitcher (Limnodromus semipalmatus) - HBW 3, p. 498
French: Bécassin d'Asie
German: Steppenschlammläufer
Spanish: Agujeta Asiática
Other common names: Asiatic/Snipe-billed Dowitcher
Taxonomy: Macrorhamphus semipalmatus Blyth, 1848, Calcutta.
Formerly placed in genus Pseudoscolopax. Separation of W & E breeding populations, with different migration routes and wintering areas, may warrant subspecific status. Monotypic.
Distribution: Disjunct populations from W to E Siberian steppe regions, S into Mongolia and N Manchuria; the eastern areas may be continuous. Winters from E India through SE Asia, SE Sumatra and Java to N Australia.
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Some birds with other waders in a marsh Locality Boonooroo, Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species)
Tom Tarrant 28 February 1997 8 years ago 38 sec 3 -
A group on the water Locality Mai Po Marshes Nature Reserve, Hong Kong (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 2 May 2002 9 years ago 40 sec 2.7 -
A group in non-breeding plumage in the water, some birds feeding and other preening Locality Manly, Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species)
Tom Tarrant 31 August 1995 8 years ago 32 sec 2.6 -
Two birds in non-breeding plumage feeding Locality Manly, Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species)
Tom Tarrant 31 August 1995 8 years ago 46 sec 2.6 -
Winter plumaged bird feeding amongst Black-tailed Godwit on old saltpans at Laem Pak Bia. Locality Laem Pak Bia-Pak Thale, Phetchaburi Province, Western Thailand, Thailand
Mark Andrews 8 February 2010 3 years ago 2 min 5 sec 2.3 -
A group on the water Locality Mai Po Marshes Nature Reserve, Hong Kong (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 2 May 2002 9 years ago 30 sec 2.2
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Summer plumage, taken at Dayuan, Taoyuan County.
Locality Taiwan
alder 21 April 2009 4 years ago 4 -
flocks together in the morning in a group of 20s
Locality Prince of Songkla University, Pattani, Southern Thailand, Thailand
Tanakorn Chantasuban 20 September 2010 2 years ago 3.2
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