Genus
Limnodromus (Dowitchers)
Limnodromus scolopaceus. Photo: (c) Pamela Taylor, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
The three dowitchers are medium-sized long-billed wading birds in the genus Limnodromus. The genus name is Ancient Greek from limne, “marsh” and dromos, “racer”. The English name is from Iroquois (1841).
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