Dowitcher

Dowitcher
Dowitchers
Long-billed Dowitcher
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Scolopacidae
Genus: Limnodromus
Species

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The three dowitchers are medium-sized long-billed wading birds. They resemble godwits in body and bill shape, and the reddish underparts in summer, but are much shorter legged, more like snipe to which they are also somewhat closer related (Thomas et al., 2004). 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.

Species are:

References


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  • dowitcher — ☆ dowitcher [dou′ich ər ] n. pl. dowitchers or dowitcher [< AmInd (Iroquoian) native name] a medium sized, long legged, long billed snipe (genus Limnodromus) of North America and Asia …   English World dictionary

  • Dowitcher — Dow itch*er, n. (Zo[ o]l.) The red breasted or gray snipe ({Macrorhamphus griseus}); called also {brownback}, and {grayback}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • dowitcher — /dow ich euhr/, n. any of several long billed, snipelike shore birds of North America and Asia, esp. Limnodromus griseus. [1835 45, Amer.; perh. < N Iroquoian; cf. Mohawk tawístawis snipe] * * * ▪ bird  any of three species of shorebirds… …   Universalium

  • dowitcher — noun (plural dowitchers; also dowitcher) Etymology: probably of Iroquoian origin; akin to Oneida tawístawis dowitcher Date: 1841 any of several long billed wading birds (especially Limnodromus griseus and L. scolopaceus of the family… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • dowitcher — /ˈdaʊwɪtʃə/ (say dowichuh) noun any of various wading birds of the genus Limnodromus, as the Asian dowitcher, L. semipalmatus, a vagrant to northern Australia. {? Iroquoian} …  

  • dowitcher — dumbliai statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Limnodromus angl. dowitcher vok. Schlammläufer, m rus. бекасовидный веретенник, m pranc. limnodrome, m ryšiai: platesnis terminas – perkūno oželiai siauresnis terminas – amerikinis …   Paukščių pavadinimų žodynas

  • dowitcher — noun /ˈdaʊɪtʃɜ/lang=en Any of three long legged and long billed migratory wading birds in the genus Limnodromus of the family Scolopacidae …   Wiktionary

  • dowitcher — long billed North American wading bird Unusual Animals …   Phrontistery dictionary

  • dowitcher — n. type of bird …   English contemporary dictionary

  • dowitcher — [ daʊɪtʃə] noun a large North American sandpiper with a long straight bill. [Genus Limnodromus: two species.] Origin C19: from Iroquoian …   English new terms dictionary

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