Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in Dutch:
Kleine Grijze Snip
Common Names in English:
Short-Billed Dowitcher, Brown Snipe, Brown-Back, Brownback, Driver, Eastern Dowitcher, Gray Back, Gray Snipe, Gray-Back Snipe, Red-Breasted Snipe, Robin Snipe, Sea Pigeon, Shortbilled Dowitcher
Common Names in French:
Bécassin à Bec Court, Bécassin Roux, Limnodrome à Bec Court
Common Names in German:
Kleiner Schlammläufer, Kurzschnabelschlammläufer
Common Names in Italian:
Limnodromo Beccocorto
Common Names in Japanese:
アメリカオオハシシギ
Common Names in Spanish:
Agujeta Gris, Costurero Pico Corto
Description
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Habitat
Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 29 meters (94 feet).[1]
Biome: Coastal.
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:
griseus
- Scientific name: - Limnodromus griseus griseus (Gmelin) 1789 (Gmelin) 1789 Syst.Nat. 1 pt2 p.658
- Subspecies:
griseus
- 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
(
Synonyms
Limnodromus griseus (J. F. Gmelin
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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- A contribution to the ornithology of northeastern Brazil, by Charles E. Hellmayr. 12 1929 Chicago, 1929. url p. 493.
- A faunal investigation of Long Point and vicinity, Norfolk County, Ontario / [Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum of Zoology], 1931. url p. 165.
- A list of the birds of Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica, Govt. print. off., 1920. url .
- Annals of the Carnegie Museum. [Pittsburgh]: Published by authority of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Institute, 1901- url p. 160, p. 210, p. 562.
- Birds of Massachusetts and other New England states / [Norwood, Ma.: Printed by Berwick and Smith Company], 1925-1929 url , p. 396, p. 447.
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url , , p. 201, p. 417.
- Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. Los Angeles, Calif.: The Academy, 1902-1971. url p. 7.
- Catalogue of birds of the Americas and the adjacent islands in Field Museum of Natural History. Charles E. Hellmayr, Boardman Conover. 13 1948 Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1948. url p. 142, p. 143, p. 144.
- Check-list of North American birds. [Ithaca, N.Y.]1957. url p. 201.
- Memoirs of the Nuttall Ornithological Club. Cambridge, Mass.: The Club, 1886- url p. 64.
- Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 123, p. 124, p. 125, p. 127, p. 28, p. 7.
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 568.
- Publications in zoology = Publications en zoologie. Ottawa: National Museums of Canada, National Museum of Natural Sciences, 1970-1982. url p. 41.
- Supplement to the code of nomenclature and check-list of North American birds. adopted by the American Ornithologists' Union; prepared by a Committee of the Union. New York: The Union, 1889-1920. url p. 442.
- The Auk. Washington, D.C.: American Ornithologists' Union, etc., 1884- url p. 442.
- The Canadian field-naturalist. 65 1951 Ottawa, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. url fig. 3 , p. 107, p. 126, p. 135, p. 198, p. 203, p. 397.
- The birds of El Salvador, by Donald R. Dickey and A. J. Van Rossem. 23 1938 Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1938. url p. 177.
- The birds of North and Middle America: a descriptive catalogue of the higher groups, genera, species, and subspecies of birds known to occur in North America, from the Arctic lands to the Isthmus of Panama, the West Indies and other island Washington: Govt. Print. Off., 1901- url , .
- The birds of the Isle of Pines / by W. E. Clyde Todd. Pittsburgh, 1916 url p. 160, p. 210.
- Zoogeography. A symposium presented on August 26-27, 1957 [under the prime auspices of the Pacific Section of the Society of Systematic Zoology] at the Stanford University joint meeting of the American Institute of Washington, 1958. url p. 498.
- [Collected reprints, 1902-1928. s.l., s.n.19--] url .
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 4 providers.
- NatureServe. 2003. Downloadable animal data sets. NatureServe Central Databases. Accessed February 6, 2005.
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2764205
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-176678
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14367366
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 176678
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 6811
Footnotes
- Standard Deviation = 161.860 based on 71 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
