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Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus)    Sandpipers and Allies (Scolopacidae)
Langnæbbet Sneppeklire ~ Costurero Pico Largo ~ Större Beckasinsnäppa
Long-billed Dowitcher 240    (1 photos)
2008-10-17    Parque México (Aguascalientes), Mexico

Basic plumage. Notoriously difficult to separate from Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) though this is normally only seen along the coasts of Mexico, thus 'should not' be seen here in Ags. Indications that these are LD are the general dark gray color and the black tail bands that are broader than the white ones.


Long-billed Dowitcher 241    (1 photos)
2008-12-05    Parque el Cedazo (Aguascalientes), Mexico

Basic plumage.


Long-billed Dowitcher 242    (1 photos)
2008-12-05    Parque el Cedazo (Aguascalientes), Mexico

Basic plumage. The tail pattern indicating LD, which was confirmed when the bird called: keek.


Long-billed Dowitcher 244    (1 photos)
2009-08-14    Presa La Colorada (agu), Mexico

Alternate and beginning basic plumage. The dark back and the completely red belly are indications of LD.


Long-billed Dowitcher 1857    (1 photos)
2013-03-25    Las Hadas Golf Course (Manzanillo), Mexico

Basic to beginning alternate. Single bird at fresh water pond only 300 meters from the ocean. Round back, barred flanks and blunt white tipped new coverts indicate this species.


Long-billed Dowitcher 1841    (1 photos)
2015-09-05    Laguna Atotonilco (jal), Mexico

Adult birds in transition to basic. The dark and curved backs with apex near the center are good indications of this species. The flock , about 100 birds, were foraging the same way, and some birds heard too. A large flock at an inland locality, despite warnings about using locality as a mean to id dowitchers, still useful to support the identification of these birds as Long-billed.


Long-billed Dowitcher 1842    (1 photos)
2015-09-05    Laguna Atotonilco (jal), Mexico

All birds still with reddish underparts show evidence of this reaching to below the tail, which is also a good indication of this species.


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