Description Limnodromus griseus; Bécassin roux
Date 28 October 2007
Source http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikebaird/1797544512/
Author mikebaird
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Limnodromus_griseus.jpg

The short-billed dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus), like its congener the long-billed dowitcher, is a medium-sized, stocky, long-billed shorebird in the family Scolopacidae. The genus name Limnodromus is Ancient Greek from limne, "marsh" and dromos, "racer". The specific griseus is Medieval Latin for "grey". The English name is from Iroquois and was first recorded in 1841. Field identification of the two American Limnodromus remains difficult today. Distinguishing wintering or juvenile short-billed dowitchers from the long-billed species is very difficult and, even given examination their subtlety different body shapes, cannot always be isolated to a particular species. They differ most substantially in vocalizations. Order: Charadriiformes, Suborder: Scolopaci, Family: Scolopacidae.