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Bird name:

Long-billed Dowitcher

Limnodromus scolopaceusOrder: CHARADRIIFORMES Family: Sandpipers (Scolopacidae)
Codes: Common Name: LBDO Scientific Name: LIMSCO ITIS Taxonomic No.: 176679
Long-billed Dowitcher Head Illustration

Head

Topo Map: Sandpiper-like Head
  • Bill Shape: Dagger
  • Eye Color: Dark brown.
  • Head Pattern: Eyeline, Capped, Striped, Streaked, Eyering (complete or broken)
  • Crown Color: Brown
  • Forehead Color: Brown
  • Nape Color: Pale brown and brown speckled.
  • Throat Color: Pale brown and brown speckled.
  • Cere color: No Data
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Long-billed Dowitcher Body Illustration

Body

Topo Map: Sandpiper-like Body
  • Length Range: 28-32 cm (11-12.5 in)
  • Weight: 99 g (3.5 oz)
  • Size: Size 3. Medium (9 - 16 in)
  • Color: White, Brown, Black, Rufous or Rust
  • Underparts: Rust-brown with black bars.
  • Upperparts: Black, gray-brown and rust-brown, appearing scaled.
  • Back Pattern: Striped or streaked, Mottled
  • Belly Pattern: Solid
  • Breast Pattern: Scaled or Scalloped
Long-billed Dowitcher Flight Illustration

Flight

Topo Map: Sandpiper-like Flight
  • Flight Pattern: Swift direct flight with rapid wing beats.
  • Wingspan Range: 46-51 cm (18-20 in)
  • Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings
  • Tail Shape: Squared Tail
  • Tail Pattern: Barred
  • Upper Tail: Rust with gray and black bars.
  • Under Tail: Rust with gray and black bars.
  • Leg Color: Yellow-green
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Family Sandpiper (Scolopacidae)_blue
Species Limnodromus scolopaceus
Length11 - 12.5 Inches
Wingspan19 Inches

Long-billed Dowitcher

Long-billed Dowitcher: Large, stocky sandpiper with dark, mottled upperparts, dark cap and eyestripe, short white eyebrow, and red-brown underparts with lightly barred flanks. Bill is long, dark, and dagger like. Legs and feet are yellow-green. Swift direct flight, rapid wing beats.

● Song: "keek"

● Foraging & Feeding: Long-billed Dowitcher: Feeds primarily on insect larvae, earthworms, crustaceans, moss, plant parts, seeds, and snails. Probes in shallow water and on mudflats with a fast, repetitive up-down motion of its bill; frequently plunges head below the water.

● Breeding & nesting: Long-billed Dowitcher: Four brown to olive eggs with brown and gray blotches are laid in a shallow, elevated ground scrape lined with grass and moss, often built near water. Eggs are incubated for 20 days and is carried out by both parents during the first week, and then just by the male.

● Similar species: Long-billed Dowitcher: Short-billed Dowitcher has faint bars on flanks and slightly shorter bill. Common Snipe has heavily streaked upperparts and longer legs, uses different foraging techniques, and lacks the white rump.

Flight Pattern

Swift direct flight with rapid wing beats.
Long-billed Dowitcher Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Long-billed Dowitcher: Breeds in western Alaska and northwestern Canada. Spends winters along the coast from Washington and Virginia south to Guatemala. During breeding season lives on tundra; found on mudflats, marshes, and edges of freshwater ponds and marshes during winter.
BreedingMonogamous, Small colonies
PopulationCommon to uncommon
MigrationMigratory
Weight3.5 Ounces
Sandpiper-like HeadX
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4 and 6 letter alpha codesX

The four letter common name alpha code is is derived from the first two letters of the common first name and the first two letters of common last name. The six letter species name alpha code is derived from the first three letters of the scientific name (genus) and the first three letters of the scientific name (species). See (1) below for the rules used to create the codes..

Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

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ITIS CodesX

The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) was established in the mid-1990�s as a cooperative project among several federal agencies to improve and expand upon taxonomic data (known as the NODC Taxonomic Code) maintained by the National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

To find the ITIS page for a bird species go to the ITIS web site advanced search and report page at http://www.itis.gov/advanced_search.html. You can enter the TSN or the common name of the bird. It will return the ITIS page for that bird. Another way to obtain the ITIS page is to use the Google search engine. Enter the string ITIS followed by the taxonomic ID, for example "ITIS 178041" will return the page for the Allen's Hummingbird.

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