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Adults' bodies are dark brown on top and reddish underneath. The tail has a black-and-white barred pattern, and the legs are yellowish. The three subspecies have slight variations in appearance: Limnodromus griseus griseus has a white belly and barred flanks. Limnodromus griseus hendersoni has a reddish belly and spotted flanks. Limnodromus griseus caurinus has a white belly, heavily barred flanks, and a densely spotted breast. None of these combines the reddish belly and barred flanks of the breeding plumage of the long-billed dowitcher. The winter plumage is largely grey.
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When to see the Short-billed Dowitcher
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 6 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is August, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Short-billed Dowitcher
The map shades 53 countries with regular records, and 8 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in United Kingdom, Norway, France, Sweden, Taiwan, Iceland, Australia, Germany.
About the Short-billed Dowitcher
The short-billed dowitcher, like its congener, the long-billed dowitcher, is a medium-sized, stocky, long-billed shorebird in the family Scolopacidae.
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Easily confused with
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusThe long-billed dowitcher is a medium-sized, stocky sandpiper with a bill about twice the length of its head.
Asian DowitcherLimnodromus semipalmatusAdults have dark legs and a long, straight dark bill, somewhat shorter than that of the long-billed dowitcher.
Side by side: Long-billed Dowitcher vs Short-billed Dowitcher · Asian Dowitcher vs Short-billed Dowitcher
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