Sandpipers, Snipes and Phalaropes (Scolopacidae)
Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus) - HBW 3, p. 498
French: Bécassin à long bec
German: Großer Schlammläufer
Spanish: Agujeta Escolopácea
Taxonomy: Limosa scolopacea Say, 1823, Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Forms superspecies with L. griseus, with which formerly considered conspecific. Monotypic.
Distribution: NE Siberia (R Yana E to Chukotskiy Peninsula), St Lawrence I and coastal W Alaska; N Inuvik and probably also N Yukon. Winters from W & S USA to Guatemala, and uncommonly to El Salvador; also rare S to Panama and French Guiana.
- Least Concern
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A juvenile that has nearly completed its moult into winter (basic) plumage, foraging in a shallow freshwater pool. Ventura County, California, USA (Monotypic species)
Don DesJardin 20 November 2008 1 year ago 40 sec 4.7 -
A wide scene of a small flock in various stages of molt into breeding plumage resting, and then a slow close up pan showing more Ventura County, California, USA (Monotypic species)
Don DesJardin 14 April 2010 20 weeks ago 1 min 11 sec 4.6 -
Several juvenile foraging in a shallow slow moving part of a river that feeds a mixed fresh and saltwater estuary. Santa Clara River Estuary, Ventura County, California, USA (Monotypic species)
Don DesJardin 28 September 2009 48 weeks ago 1 min 1 sec 4.5 -
A small group in winter (basic) plumage preening at the edge of a small freshwater pool. Ventura County, California, USA (Monotypic species)
Don DesJardin 10 November 2008 1 year ago 25 sec 4.5 -
A group of winter-plumaged adults foraging in a fresh water lagoon Ventura County, California, USA (Monotypic species)
Don DesJardin 31 January 2008 2 years ago 21 sec 4.4 -
A lateral view of an adult in partial molt into basic plumage preening. Santa Clara River Estuary, Ventura County, California, USA (Monotypic species)
Don DesJardin 26 September 2009 47 weeks ago 44 sec 4.3
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Long-billed dowitchers feeding on a mud flat. Cherry Creek State Park, Arapahoe County, Colorado, USA
Mike Ross 27 April 2009 38 weeks ago 4 -
three birds feeding Pikley National Wildlife Refuge, Tulare County, California, USA
ben lascelles 22 January 2009 39 weeks ago 3
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