Birds of the World - Limnodromus


Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) Range: NA: n temperate bogs in tundra and muskeg of Nearctic: Gulf of Alaska and inland sc Alaska, sw Yukon and montane nw British Columbia (nw Canada); nc Alberta to w Manitoba (c Canada); sw Hudson and James bays to w Labrador (ec Canada) Tigertail Beach, Marco Island, Florida, United States
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Bill length can be difficult to determine in the field.


Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus) Range: PAL, NA: low Arctic to subarctic wet meadows of e Palearctic and w Nearctic: Lena River to e Chukotskiy Pen. and s to Anadyr Pen. (ne Siberia); St. Lawrence I. (Bering Sea; rare), w Alaska and n NWT (nc Canada) Birding Center, Port Aransas, Texas, USA
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Asian Dowitcher (Limnodromus semipalmatus) Near Threatened Range: PAL: inland wetlands of temperate c, e Palearctic: sw Siberia and e Kazakhstan, (probably) n Mongolia to Amurland (se Siberia) and ne China Newcastle, Australia
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