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Species
Vulnerableshort-billed dowitcher
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderCharadriiformes
- FamilyScolopacidae
Habitatmarine
via IUCN
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Encyclopedic overview
A short-billed dowitcher bathing in the Delaware Bay. Adult in foreground, red knot in background
The short-billed dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus), like its congener, the long-billed dowitcher, is a medium-sized, stocky, long-billed shorebird in the family Scolopacidae.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Short-billed Dowitcher” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.