- The
long-
billed dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus) is a medium-sized s****bird with a
relatively long bill belonging to the
sandpiper family, Scolopacidae...
- The short-
billed dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus), like its
congener the
long-
billed dowitcher, is a medium-sized, stocky,
long-
billed s****bird in the...
- The
three dowitchers are medium-sized
long-
billed wading birds in the
genus Limnodromus. The
English name "
dowitcher" is from Iroquois,
recorded in English...
- The
long-
billed curlew (Numenius americ****) is a
large North American s****bird of the
family Scolopacidae. This
species was also
called "sicklebird"...
- and a long
straight dark bill,
somewhat shorter than that of the
long-
billed dowitcher. The body is
brown on top and
reddish underneath in
breeding plumage...
- The slender-
billed curlew (Numenius tenuirostris) is an
extinct species of
curlew native to
Eurasia and
North Africa.
Isotope analysis suggests the majority...
- The spoon-
billed sandpiper (Calidris pygmaea) is a
small wader which breeds on the
coasts of the
Bering Sea and
winters in
Southeast Asia. This species...
-
genus Philomachus. Broad-
billed sandpipers are
small waders,
slightly smaller than the dunlin, but with a
longer straighter bill, and
shorter legs. The...
- po****tions have
suffered due to
draining of
marshes for farmland,
whereas long-
billed curlews have
shown an
increase in
breeding densities around areas grazed...
-
differences in
feeding ecology.
Bill length relative to head
length varies from
three times the
length of the head in the
long-
billed curlew to just
under half...
