Asian Dowitcher Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Limnodromus semipalmatus
Family : Scolopacidae
Order : Charadriiformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Other Name : Snipe-billed Godwit
Habitat : Coast
Description : The Asian Dowitcher is a medium-sized wader with a long straight bill (adult bird length approximately35 cm, weight 140 g, wing 17 cm, bill 8.5 cm, tarsus 5 cm, tail 6.5 cm). In the winter, it looks greyish-brown from above and whitish from below. It has a noticeable white supercilium. It feeds chiefly on insects, molluscs, crustaceans and small plant materials.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Limnodromus scolopaceus
(Long-billed Dowitcher) -
Calidris minuta
(Little Stint) -
Gallinago megala
(Swinhoe's Snipe) -
Numenius phaeopus
(Whimbrel) -
Lymnocryptes minimus
(Jack Snipe) -
Tringa erythropus
(Spotted Redshank) -
Tringa stagnatilis
(Marsh Sandpiper) -
Calidris falcinellus
(Broad‑billed Sandpiper) -
Numenius arquata
(Eurasian Curlew) -
Numenius madagascariensis
(Far Eastern Curlew)
Species groups
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Bee-eaters -
Booby -
frigatebird -
phalarope -
tropicbird -
Martins and Swallows -
Crows, Drongos & allies -
Woodpeckers -
Eared Nightjars -
Ibises & Spoonbills -
Trogons -
Coucals -
Pelicans -
Darters -
Gulls -
Warblers and allies -
Flowerpeckers & Sunbirds -
Sparrows, Wagtails, Pipits a& allies -
moonbird -
Hawks & Eagles -
Snipes, Sandpipers, Plovers & allies -
Small Kingfishers -
Cisticola & Prinia -
Plovers & Lapwings -
Rails, Gallinules & Coots -
Tits -
Parrots -
Rosefinches and Buntings -
Bustards -
Grebes -
Pheasants & Partridges -
Old World flycatcher -
Starlings and Mynas -
Hornbills -
Buttonquails -
Rollers -
Bluebirds -
Crested Kingfishers -
Cormorants -
Pigeons and Doves -
Jacanas -
Typical Owl -
Finfoots &booby -
Flamingo -
Herons and Bitterns -
Treecreepers -
Nuthatch -
Barbets -
Treeswifts -
Swifts -
Crab-plovers, Coursers and Pratincoles -
Bulbuls -
Frogmouths -
Larks -
Storks -
Broadbills -
Thick-knees -
Painted-snipes -
Nightjars -
Barn-owls -
Large-billed Kingfishers -
Falcons -
Pittas -
Cranes -
Whistling-ducks -
Ducks, Geese & Swans -
Hoopoe
References:
description written by:Fatema-Tuz-Zohora,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;photo credit: andriy(www.inaturalist.org/people/andriy),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;Midroad HSUmore information, please contact us.
description written by:Fatema-Tuz-Zohora,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;photo credit: andriy(www.inaturalist.org/people/andriy),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;Midroad HSUmore information, please contact us.