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Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus [JF Gmelin, 1789]
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Order:
Charadriiformes
Family:
Scolopacidae
BTO Codes:
, SHBDO
EURING No:
5260
Number in Britain:
Fewer than 20 records
Conservation Status:
UK:
Unlisted
European:
Not evaluated
Global:
Least Concern
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Status in UK:
(A) Accidental
Subspecies:
undetermined recorded in Britain (of 3 subsp. in the world)
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Length:
24 cm
Wingspan:
48 cm
Weight:
M/F: 120 g
Scientific name from:
Gr.: limne =marsh + dromos =running
and L.: griseus =grey
World Distribution:
BREEDS: n North America, WINTERS: s US to c South America
Habitat:
Tundra, wet meadows, on migration estuaries & beaches
Diet:
Aquatic invertebrates, in summer also terrestrial invertebrates and seeds
TitBit:
The nest and eggs of this species eluded discovery until 1906 and the nesting grounds of the eastern race were not discovered until the late 1950s.
Records and Distribution
First Record:
Aberdeenshire, 1999
(Pullan, D. 2006. British Birds 99:354-360)
Total Number of Records (1958-2004):
1
Summary of Records by Year
Most Likely to Occur in:
Too few records
Most Recent County Records:
Scotland:
Northeast
(1999),
North-east England:
Cleveland
(1999),
North-west England:
No Records
English Midlands:
No Records
Eastern England:
South-east England:
Greater London
,
South-west England:
No Records
Wales:
No Records
Other Names
Gaelic:
Welsh:
Danish:
Kortnæbbet sneppeklire
Dutch:
Kleine Girijze Snip
Finnish:
Lyhytnokkakurppelo
French:
Bécassin à bec court
German:
Kleiner Schlammläufer
Hungarian:
Rövidcsoru cankógoda
Icelandic:
Snipiduðra
Irish:
Guilbnín Gobghearr
Italian:
Piro piro pettorossiccio minore
Norwegian:
Kortnebbekkasinsnipe
Polish:
Szlamiec krótkodzioby
Portuguese:
Maçarico-escolopáceo-europeu
Spanish:
Agujeta gris
Swedish:
Mindre beckasinsnäppa
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See Also:
All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
Gough, G.A. et al. (1998) Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter
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