Sandpipers, Snipes and Phalaropes (Scolopacidae)
Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) - HBW 3, p. 498
French: Bécassin roux
German: Kleiner Schlammläufer
Spanish: Agujeta Gris
Other common names: Common Dowitcher
Taxonomy: Scolopax grisea Gmelin, 1789, Long Island, New York.
Forms superspecies with L. scolopaceus, with which formerly considered conspecific. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- caurinus Pitelka, 1950 - S Alaska and S Yukon; winters on Pacific coast from C USA to S Peru.
- hendersoni Rowan, 1932 - EC British Columbia to SE Keewatin and C Manitoba; winters from SE USA to Panama.
- griseus (Gmelin, 1789) - C Quebec and W Labrador; winters on Atlantic coast from S USA to Brazil.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird standing on stems Locality Cape May County, New Jersey, USA (United States) (ssp griseus)
Robert Schaefer 17 May 2006 4 years ago 30 sec 4.4 -
Several juveniles probing Locality Santa Clara River Estuary, Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (ssp caurinus)
Don DesJardin 31 August 2004 4 years ago 17 sec 4.3 -
A bird in deep water, using a probbing thecnique to forage in the mud. Locality Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Delaware, USA (United States) (ssp griseus)
Josep del Hoyo 6 May 2006 4 years ago 36 sec 3.8 -
Winter plumage bird feeding. Locality Caroni ricefields, Caroni, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
nigel lallsingh 18 September 2011 20 weeks ago 41 sec 3.8 -
Two winter plumaged birds in the water Locality Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico (ssp griseus)
Juan Sanabria 31 July 2007 3 years ago 33 sec 3.7 -
A bird foraging. Locality Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge, Chambers County, Texas, USA (United States)
Bill Wayman 1 April 2008 3 years ago 41 sec 3.7
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On breeding grounds
Locality Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve, Quebec, Canada
Guy Poisson 22 June 2009 1 year ago 4.5 -
OPen his beak
Locality Montmagny, Quebec, Canada
Guy Poisson 18 August 2008 1 year ago 4.5 -
Non-breeding plumage
Locality Caimare Chico, Zulia State, Venezuela
kperezleon 5 October 2008 2 years ago 4.3 -
on a rock
Locality Montmagny, Quebec, Canada
Guy Poisson 1 year ago 4 -
A juvenile individual forraging together a Sandpiper
Locality Capaya River mouth, Barlovento, Miranda State, Venezuela (ssp griseus)
Eduardo López 11 September 2008 2 years ago 3.8 -
Feeding at low tide
Locality St. Augustine, St. Johns County, Florida, USA (United States)
Ian Barker 1 May 2011 36 weeks ago 3.6
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Calls. Locality Icapuí, Ceará State, Brazil
(ssp griseus)
Ciro Albano 9 September 2006 2 years ago 0
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