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

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

QRcode Bécassin à bec court
published: - Updated: 25-08-2008
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