Short-billed Dowitcher

Limnodromus griseus - Bécassin à bec court Bécassin roux

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Charadriiformes

  • Family
    :

    Scolopacidés

  • Genus
    :

    Limnodromus

  • Species
    :

    griseus

Descriptor

Gmelin, JF, 1789

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 29 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 45 à 51 cm.
  • Weight
    : 90 à 120 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Bécassin à bec court
adult plum. breeding
Bécassin à bec court
adult plum. post breeding

Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) is a species of bird in the Scolopacidae family.

Subspecific information 3 subspecies

  • Limnodromus griseus griseus (ne Canada)
  • Limnodromus griseus caurinus (s Alaska and s Yukon. nw Canada.)
  • Limnodromus griseus hendersoni (c Canada)

Foreign names

  • Bécassin à bec court,
  • Agujeta gris,
  • maçarico-de-bico-curto,
  • Moorschlammläufer,
  • rövidcsőrű cankógoda,
  • Kleine Grijze Snip,
  • Limnodromo grigio,
  • mindre beckasinsnäppa,
  • Kortnebbekkasinsnipe,
  • brežník sivý,
  • slukovec krátkozobý,
  • Kortnæbbet Sneppeklire,
  • rämekurppelo,
  • tetolet gris,
  • Snípuduðra,
  • szlamiec krótkodzioby,
  • mazā dūņsloka,
  • kratkokljuni greznik,
  • Короткоклювый бекасовидный веретенник,
  • アメリカオオハシシギ,
  • 短嘴半蹼鹬,
  • 短嘴半蹼鷸,

Voice song and cries

Bécassin à bec court
First year

Habitat

Bécassin à bec court
adult plum. post breeding

Grassland : Temperate ; Wetlands (inland) : Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Tundra Wetlands (incl. pools and temporary waters from snowmelt) ; Marine Intertidal : Mud Flats and Salt Flats, Salt Marshes (Emergent Grasses)

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

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