Asian Dowitcher

Limnodromus semipalmatus - Bécassin d'Asie

Systematics

Order
:
Charadriiformes
Family
:
Scolopacidés
Genus
:
Limnodromus
Species
:
semipalmatus

Descriptor

Blyth, 1848

Biometrics

Size
: 36 cm
Wingspan
: 59 cm.
Weight
: 127 à 245 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Asian Dowitcher (Limnodromus semipalmatus) is a species of bird in the Scolopacidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

Bécassin d'Asie,
Agujeta asiática,
maçarico-asiático,
Steppenschlammläufer,
ázsiai cankógoda,
Aziatische Grijze Snip,
Piro piro pettorossiccio asiatico,
asiatisk beckasinsnäppa,
Asiabekkasinsnipe,
brežník hrdzavý,
slukovec asijský,
Asiatisk Sneppeklire,
arokurppelo,
Asiatiese Snipgriet,
tetolet asiàtic,
szlamiec wielki,
lielā dūņsloka, Āzijas dūņsloka,
Азиатский бекасовидный веретенник,
Trinil-lumpur asia,
シベリアオオハシシギ,
半蹼鹬,
นกซ่อมทะเลอกแดง,
半蹼鷸,

Voice song and call

play
pause

Habitat

Grassland : Temperate ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), B

ogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha), Permanent Saline, Brackish or alkaline Marshes/Pools ; Marine Intertidal : Mud Flats and Salt Flats, Salt Marshes (Emergent Grasses) ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Coastal Sand Dunes, Coastal Brackish/Saline Lagoons/Marine Lakes ; Artificial/Aquatic and Marine : Salt Exploitation Sites