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Common Name

Long Billed Dowitcher

Alternate Names

Common Type

Dowitcher

Order

Charadriiformes

Family

Scolopacidae

Genus

Limnodromus

Species

scolopaceus

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Location Photographed

KS

Number of Sub-Species

0

Migratory or Resident

Migratory

Preferred Habitat

Nests in marshy grasslands, feeds in wetlands

Distribution and Range

Breeds in Siberia and Alaska; winters in southern US to Panama

Food

Forage in shallow water on mud for insects, mollusks, crustaceans and marine worms plus some plant material.

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