Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Short-Billed Dowitcher
Description
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Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 437 meters (0 to 1,434 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Avialae
()
- Gauthier, 1986
- Infraclass:
Aves
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cohort:
Neognathae
()
- Pycraft, 1900
- Superorder:
Charadriimorphae
()
- Huxley, 1867
- Order:
Charadriiformes
()
- Huxley, 1867
- Suborder:
Limicolae
()
- Beddard, 1898
- Infraorder:
Scolopacides
()
- Strauch, 1978
- Parvorder:
Scolopacida
()
- Superfamily:
Scolopacoidea
()
- Vigors, 1825
- Family:
Scolopacidae
()
- Vigors, 1825
- Subfamily:
Gallinagininae
()
- Genus:
Limnodromus
()
- Wied, 1833
- Specific name:
griseus
- Subspecies:
caurinus
- Scientific name: - Limnodromus griseus caurinus Pitelka 1950 Pitelka 1950 Univ.Calif.Pub.Zool. 50 p.43
- Subspecies:
caurinus
- Specific name:
griseus
- Genus:
Limnodromus
(
- Subfamily:
Gallinagininae
(
- Family:
Scolopacidae
(
- Superfamily:
Scolopacoidea
(
- Parvorder:
Scolopacida
(
- Infraorder:
Scolopacides
(
- Suborder:
Limicolae
(
- Order:
Charadriiformes
(
- Superorder:
Charadriimorphae
(
- Cohort:
Neognathae
(
- Infraclass:
Aves
(
- Subclass:
Avialae
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: June 24, 1996.
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Limnodromus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 6 species and subspecies in this genus:
L. griseus (Shortbilled Dowitcher) · L. griseus caurinus (Short-Billed Dowitcher) · L. griseus griseus (Short-Billed Dowitcher) · L. griseus hendersoni (Short-Billed Dowitcher) · L. scolopaceus (Western Red-Breasted Snipe) · L. semipalmatus (Asiatic Dowitcher)
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Further Reading
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- Check-list of North American birds. [Ithaca, N.Y.]1957. url p. 201.
- Fauna of the Aleutian Islands and Alaska Peninsula, by Olaus J. Murie. Invertebrates and fishes collected in the Aleutians, 1936-38, by Victor B. Scheffer. Washington, Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1959 url p. 150.
- North American fauna. Washington: Fish and Wildlife Service; for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U. S. Govt. Print. Off. url p. 150.
- Occasional papers - San Diego Society of Natural History. 1959 San Diego, The Society. url p. 16.
- Threatened wildlife of the United States. Washington, Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife [for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.]1973. url p. 204.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 14, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 591459
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-176677
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13779245
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 176677
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 406489
Footnotes
- Mean = 152.000 meters (498.688 feet), Standard Deviation = 194.160 based on 5 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
