Long-billed Dowitcher

Limnodromus scolopaceus

Summary 2

The long-billed dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus) is a medium-sized shorebird. The genus name Limnodromus is Ancient Greek from limne, "marsh" and dromos, "racer". The specific scolopaceus is New Latin for "snipe-like", from Latin scolopax, scolopacis, a snipe or woodcock. The English name is from Iroquois and was first recorded in 1841.

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  1. (c) Alex J Burchard, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Alex J Burchard
  2. (c) Wikipedia, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-billed_dowitcher

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