Short-billed Dowitcher





*Limnodromus* *griseus*			THE RACE ROCKS TAXONOMY


Dowitcher probing for invertebrates	Note the Halosaccion band of the intertidal zone where it is feeding

rear view- note buff colored underparts	side view- note dark eye.

Domain	Eukarya
Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Subphylum	Vertebrata
Class	Aves
Order
Family
Genus	*Limnodromus*
Species	*griseus*
Common Name:	Short Billed Dowitcher

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The Short-billed Dowitcher breeds in Northern Canada. It winters in South America.
It occurs rarely and solitary at Race Rocks where it stops on migration. Short-billed Dowitchers normally are birds of mudflats along the Pacific Coast. One individual bird was filmed on May 1 2003 (above)as it probed for food among the barnacles and algae of the Halosaccion zone at Race Rocks.

In the photo to the right from September 2005, another dowitcher roamed through the area near the base of the rock on the East side. So presumably we have pictures of the stopover going North and South!

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Lester B. Pearson College

This file is provided as part of a collaborative effort by the students of Lester B. Pearson College

May, 2003 G.Fletcher

Limnodromus griseus