Adults have dark legs and a long straight dark bill, somewhat shorter than that of the long-billed dowitcher. The body is brown on top and reddish underneath in breeding plumage. The tail has a black and white barred pattern. The winter plumage is largely grey.
Their breeding habitat is grassy wetlands in inland Siberia and Manchuria. They migrate to southeast Asia as far south as northern Australia, although both the breeding and wintering areas are poorly known. This bird is always found on coasts during migration and wintering.
These birds forage by probing in shallow water or on wet mud. They mainly eat insects, mollusks, crustaceans and marine worms, but also eat some plant material.
Closer speciesedit
The confusion species for this bird is not, as might be expected, one of the American dowitchers, which in any case do not overlap in range, because the Asian bird is much larger. It closely resembles a small bar-tailed godwit, although the dowitcher "sewing machine" feeding action and the yelping call are distinctions from the more widespread bird.
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^BirdLife International (2016). "Limnodromus semipalmatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22693351A93397892. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22693351A93397892.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
May 08, 2024
asian, dowitcher, limnodromus, semipalmatus, rare, medium, large, wader, winter, plumage, conservation, status, near, threatened, iucn, scientific, classification, domain, eukaryota, kingdom, animalia, phylum, chordata, class, aves, order, charadriiformes, fam. The Asian dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus is a rare medium large wader Asian dowitcher in winter plumage Conservation status Near Threatened IUCN 3 1 1 Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Aves Order Charadriiformes Family Scolopacidae Genus Limnodromus Species L semipalmatus Binomial name Limnodromus semipalmatus Blyth 1848 Synonyms Macrorhamphus semipalmatus Blyth 1848 Contents 1 Description 2 Closer species 3 Further reading 4 ReferencesDescription editAdults have dark legs and a long straight dark bill somewhat shorter than that of the long billed dowitcher The body is brown on top and reddish underneath in breeding plumage The tail has a black and white barred pattern The winter plumage is largely grey Their breeding habitat is grassy wetlands in inland Siberia and Manchuria They migrate to southeast Asia as far south as northern Australia although both the breeding and wintering areas are poorly known This bird is always found on coasts during migration and wintering These birds forage by probing in shallow water or on wet mud They mainly eat insects mollusks crustaceans and marine worms but also eat some plant material Closer species editThe confusion species for this bird is not as might be expected one of the American dowitchers which in any case do not overlap in range because the Asian bird is much larger It closely resembles a small bar tailed godwit although the dowitcher sewing machine feeding action and the yelping call are distinctions from the more widespread bird Further reading editShorebirds by Hayman Marchant and Prater ISBN 0 7099 2034 2 source source source source Manly Marina SE QueenslandReferences edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Limnodromus semipalmatus BirdLife International 2016 Limnodromus semipalmatus IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016 e T22693351A93397892 doi 10 2305 IUCN UK 2016 3 RLTS T22693351A93397892 en Retrieved 13 November 2021 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Asian dowitcher amp oldid 1193280396, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
