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;Limnodromus griseus | ;Limnodromus griseus | ||
[[Image:Short-billed_Dowitcher.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Paul Wiesike]] | [[Image:Short-billed_Dowitcher.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Paul Wiesike]] | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| + | Dark brown upperparts and reddish underparts. The tail has a black and white barred pattern. The legs are a yellow. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| + | [[North America]], [[Canada]] and [[Alaska]]. | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| + | Bogs, tidal marshes, mudflats or forest clearings. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | They nest on the ground, usually near water. Their nests are shallow depressions in clumps of grass or moss, which are lined with fine grasses, twigs and leaves. 3-4, olive-buff to brown eggs are laid and incubated for 21 days by both sexes. | ||
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| + | The diet includes insects, mollusks, crustaceans and marine worms, and also eat some plant material. | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Limnodromus+griseus}} | {{GSearch|Limnodromus+griseus}} | ||
*[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=1231&Bird_Image_ID=8374&Bird_Family_ID=138 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages] | *[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=1231&Bird_Image_ID=8374&Bird_Family_ID=138 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages] | ||
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Revision as of 17:10, 14 April 2008
- Limnodromus griseus
Identification
Dark brown upperparts and reddish underparts. The tail has a black and white barred pattern. The legs are a yellow.
Distribution
North America, Canada and Alaska.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Bogs, tidal marshes, mudflats or forest clearings.
Behaviour
They nest on the ground, usually near water. Their nests are shallow depressions in clumps of grass or moss, which are lined with fine grasses, twigs and leaves. 3-4, olive-buff to brown eggs are laid and incubated for 21 days by both sexes.
The diet includes insects, mollusks, crustaceans and marine worms, and also eat some plant material.
