#dowitcher

[best-bird-tournament]

Sandpiper (Scolopacidae) family - round 1, section 1

Which is the best bird?

American woodcock

Ruff

Jack snipe

Upland sandpiper

Asian dowitcher

Marbled godwit

Long-billed curlew

Bar-tailed godwit

Ruddy turnstone

Voting ended onDec 22, 2025

[2000ghosts]

november 9, 2005

[spinus-pinus]

Long-billed Dowitchers and Stilt Sandpipers Limnodromus scolopaceus and Calidris himantopus

2/11/2024 Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge, California

Most of the birds in this photo are (presumed long-billed) dowitchers, which have that white saddle patch on their back. Mixed in are some stilt sandpipers, which are slightly smaller than the dowitchers and have a mostly white tail with a dark terminal band and shorter bills.

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Lennart Verheuvel

[segmentedleg]

File:Avocets and Dowitchers in Wetland West of Dunes (34443405922).jpg

[burkh4rt]

[northernpintail]

Dowitcher time

[lizardsaredinosaurs]

It's a rather long bill, if you ask me. I tend to accidentally poke others on public transportation.

Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus)

North America, winters in South America

Status: Globally Vulnerable; Endangered/Threatened in Canada

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This bird was added to Canada's protected list this year—the western population as Endangered and the central/eastern population as Threatened.