Asian Dowitcher
Limnodromus semipalmatus(Blyth, E, 1848)
English (US) Asian Dowitcher
The Asian Dowitcher (Limnodromus semipalmatus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Scolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies) in the order Charadriiformes.
Range: breeds inland wetlands from southwestern Siberia and eastern Kazakhstan, (probably) northern Mongolia to southeastern Siberia, and northeastern China; winters coastal southern Thailand, Malayan Peninsula, Indonesian Archipelago, and northern AustraliaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Limnodromus semipalmatus
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Asian Dowitcher
- Described by
- (Blyth, E, 1848)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Macrorhamphus semipalmatus
- Described by
- (Blyth, E, 1848)
- Type locality
- Calcutta.
- Original description
- Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 17, pt.1 p.252
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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