- 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...
- 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
long-
billed curlew (Numenius americ****) is a
large North American s****bird of the
family Scolopacidae. This
species was also
called "sicklebird"...
- The slender-
billed curlew (Numenius tenuirostris) is an
extinct species of
curlew native to
Eurasia and
North Africa.
Isotope analysis suggests the majority...
- 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...
- the
typical "sandpipers",
small to medium-sized,
long-winged and
relatively short-
billed.
Their bills have
sensitive tips
which contain numerous corpuscles...
- 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...
- 25–27 cm
long bird is
similar to the
longer-
billed and
longer-tailed
common snipe.
Adults have
short greenish-grey legs and a
long straight dark
bill. The...
