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Long-billed Dowitcher

Limnodromus scolopaceus

The Long-billed Dowitcher is a shorebird with a long, straight bill. It loves to wade in shallow waters and uses its bill to find tasty insects and small crustaceans in the mud.

Lebensraum: Wetlands

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The Long-billed Dowitcher has a stocky body with a very long, straight bill. During breeding, it shows brick-red underparts and barred flanks, while in winter it's a drab grey-brown. Its most distinguishing feature is its exceptionally long bill, which helps it probe deep for food.

ReichAnimaliaStammChordataKlasseAvesOrdnungCharadriiformesFamilieScolopacidaeGattungLimnodromus
Long-billed Dowitcher
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Long-billed Dowitcher

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

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Interessante Fakten

Dowitchers often forage with their heads fully submerged under water.

Sometimes, hundreds of these birds gather in huge, noisy flocks!

Their bill tip has special touch sensors to find food in muddy water!

They migrate all the way from Arctic tundras to warm southern coasts.

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Super Sniffer Bill

Long-billed Dowitcher has a super sensitive bill tip that helps them feel tiny creatures hidden deep in the mud.

Fähigkeit

Speedy Seeker

Long-billed Dowitcher can rapidly probe its long bill into the mud, like a sewing machine, to find food quickly.

Fähigkeit

Migration Master

Long-billed Dowitcher can fly thousands of kilometers between breeding and wintering grounds, navigating vast distances.

Maße und Details

Länge
26-30 cm
Flügelspannweite
46-52 cm
Gewicht
0.08-0.155 kg
Lebenserwartung
10-15 Jahre
Top Speed
70 km/h
Gelegegröße
3-4
Brutzeit
20-22 Tage
Zugstrecke
6000 km

Ernährung und Fütterung

They probe muddy shallows for a feast of small invertebrates hidden beneath the surface.

Hauptnahrung

  • aquatic insects
  • insect larvae
  • marine worms
  • small crustaceans
  • small mollusks

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Peregrine Falcon

Falco peregrinus

Adult dowitchers are swift prey for this aerial hunter.

eaten by

Coyote

Canis latrans

Ground predators sometimes target nesting adults or chicks.

eats

Bloodworm

Chironomus plumosus

Feeds on larvae of aquatic insects found in mud.

eats

Common Thread Worm

Capitella capitata

Probes for marine worms in soft sediments and mudflats.

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Always watch birds from a distance and be quiet so you don't scare them away.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das länge von Long-billed Dowitcher?

26-30 cm

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Long-billed Dowitcher?

46-52 cm

Was ist der/die/das gewicht von Long-billed Dowitcher?

0.08-0.155 kg

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Long-billed Dowitcher?

10-15 Jahre

Was ist der/die/das top Speed von Long-billed Dowitcher?

70 km/h

Was frisst Long-billed Dowitcher?

They probe muddy shallows for a feast of small invertebrates hidden beneath the surface.

Wo findet man Long-billed Dowitcher normalerweise?

Wetlands

Wie jagt Long-billed Dowitcher?

Foraging

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