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Short-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus griseus
27 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
WilletTringa semipalmata
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
Red KnotCalidris canutus
DunlinCalidris alpina
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoa
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 878,338 |
|---|---|
| Canada | 181,683 |
| California | 76,083 |
| Ontario | 66,435 |
| New York | 57,708 |
| Massachusetts | 53,592 |
| Texas | 51,310 |
| Virginia | 49,220 |
| Maryland | 42,207 |
| Quebec | 35,693 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Group and habits
- Invertebrate eaterListed by a harvested source as primarily eating invertebrates.BIRDBASE avian traits database
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordates · Chordata |
| Class | Birds · Aves |
| Order | Shorebirds and Allies · Charadriiformes |
| Family | Sandpipers and Allies · Scolopacidae |
| Genus | Dowitchers · Limnodromus |
Study it in a deck
- Birds of British Columbia, Canada
- Birds of Ontario
- Birds of Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
- Birds of Pennsylvania (Alkas)
- Birds of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Birds of United States
- Birds of Utah
Or build your own from the species near you.
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- Traits: BIRDBASE avian traits database (CC BY 4.0)
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Short-billed Dowitcher with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.