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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
Location: Hayle, Cornwall | Location: Hayle, Cornwall | ||
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| + | The Long-billed Dowitcher, Limnodromus scolopaceus, is a medium-sized shorebird. | ||
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| + | Adults have yellowish legs and a long straight dark bill. The body is dark brown on top and reddish underneath with spotted throat and breast, bars on flanks. The tail has a black and white barred pattern. The winter plumage is largely grey. | ||
| + | ==Distribution== | ||
| + | North America and eastern Siberia. They migrate to the southern United States and as far south as Central America. Long-billed Dowitcher is a rare but regular visitor to western Europe, with some individuals staying for long periods. | ||
| + | ==Taxonomy== | ||
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| + | They nest on the ground, usually near water | ||
| + | These birds forage by probing in shallow water or on wet mud. They mainly eat insects, mollusks, crustaceans and marine worms, but also eat some plant material. | ||
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| + | They are more likely to be seen near fresh water. | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
*[http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/showgallery.php?mcats=all&what=allfields&si=Limnodromus+scolopaceus View more images of Long-billed Dowitcher in the gallery] | *[http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/showgallery.php?mcats=all&what=allfields&si=Limnodromus+scolopaceus View more images of Long-billed Dowitcher in the gallery] | ||
[[Category:Birds]] | [[Category:Birds]] | ||
Revision as of 15:59, 20 June 2007
- Limnodromus scolopaceus
Identification
Location: Hayle, Cornwall
The Long-billed Dowitcher, Limnodromus scolopaceus, is a medium-sized shorebird.
Adults have yellowish legs and a long straight dark bill. The body is dark brown on top and reddish underneath with spotted throat and breast, bars on flanks. The tail has a black and white barred pattern. The winter plumage is largely grey.
Distribution
North America and eastern Siberia. They migrate to the southern United States and as far south as Central America. Long-billed Dowitcher is a rare but regular visitor to western Europe, with some individuals staying for long periods.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Behaviour
They nest on the ground, usually near water These birds forage by probing in shallow water or on wet mud. They mainly eat insects, mollusks, crustaceans and marine worms, but also eat some plant material.
They are more likely to be seen near fresh water.
