#0851 · 🐦 birds

Long-billed Dowitcher

🇳🇱 Grote Grijze Snip ·Limnodromus scolopaceus

NTnear threatened 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Wendy Feltham · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © cjmatheson · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Blair Dudeck · CC BY 4.0
4. © Gary Yankech · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
5. © Alex J Burchard · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Robin Gwen Agarwal · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Foothills County, AB, Canada:© Randall M · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Morton, MB R0K, Canada:© Carson K · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Morton, MB R0K, Canada:© Carson K · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Fremont, CA, USA:© Robin Gwen Agarwal · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

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.

base stats

NL sightings 10iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 23,682iNaturalist observations
weight 104 gadult, up to
threat NTnear threatened

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).