Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus)
Range: Breeds in coastal Siberia, northwestern Alaska and arctic Canada. Winters locally across North America, Central and South America.

Useful Literature

Pitelka, F (1950) Geographic variation and the species problem in the shorebird  genus Limnodromus. Univ. Calif. publs. Zool. 50:1-108:

Jaramillo. A. and Henshaw. B. (1995) Identification of breeding plumaged Long-billed and  Short-billed Dowitchers. Birding World 8: 221-228.

Jaramillo. A. Pittaway. R. and Burke, P. (1991) The identification and migration of breeding plumaged dowitchers in Southern Ontario. Birders Journal 1:8-25.

Campbell, J. and Minton, C. (1995) Long-billed Dowitcher - A New Wader in  Australia. Stilt 27:16.

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