Long-billed Dowitcher

Limnodromus scolopaceus

Order

CHARADRIIFORMES

Family

Sandpipers (Scolopacidae)

Code 4

LBDO

Code 6

LIMSCO

ITIS

HEAD

Bill Shape: Dagger
Eye Color: Dark brown.
Head Pattern: Eyeline, Capped, Striped, Streaked, Eyering
Crown Color: Brown
Forehead Color: Brown
Nape Color: Pale brown and brown speckled.
Throat Color: Pale brown and brown speckled.
Cere color: No Data

BODY

Length Range: 28-32 cm (11-12.5 in)
Weight: 99 g (3.5 oz)
Size: 3. Medium (9 - 16 in)
Color Primary: Brown, 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

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

Percevia^® Registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

The Percevia field guides, database and search protocol patent pending.

The best bird guide and bird watching search engine to identify birds!

Bird Call Credits: The Macaulay Library of Natural Sounds at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Martyn Stewart, http://www.naturesound.org, Redmond, Washington USA. The reuse or copying of bird calls in this database is strictly forbidden2.

Field Guide to Birds of North America