Long-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Here the details of the Long-billed Dowitcher named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Limosa scolopacea Exped.RockyMt.[James]Phila.ed. 1 p.170,note
Taxonomy: Charadriiformes / Scolopacidae / Limnodromus
Taxonomy Code: lobdow
Type Locality: Near Boyer Creek Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Author: Say
Publish Year: 1822
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
LIMNODROMUS
(Scolopacidae; Ϯ Short-billed Dowitcher L. griseus) Gr. λιμνη limnē marsh; -δρομος -dromos -racer, -runner < τρεχω trekhō to run; "Limnodromus, Wagl. Sumpfläufer ... Der Vogel, welcher Herrn Prof. Wagler zur Aufstellung dieses Genus veranlaßte, ist Scolopax noveboracensis, Gmel., welche in Gestalt und Lebensart ein Bindeglied von Scolopax zu Totanus bildet ... Er lebt vorzüglich an den Seeküsten und den denselben benachbarten Sümpfen" (zu Wied 1833); "Limnodromus Wied, Beitr. Naturg. Brasil, 4, Abth., 2, 1833, p. 716. Type, by monotypy, Scolopax noveboracensis Gmelin = Scolopax griseus Gmelin." (Peters 1934, II, 272).
Var. Lymnodromus.
Synon. Longirostris, Macrorhamphus, Nuntius, Pseudoscolopax.
scolopacea / scolopaceus
Mod. L. scolopaceus snipe-like (e.g. long-billed, stripe-backed) < L. scolopax, scolopacis snipe, woodcock < Gr. σκολοπαξ skolopax, σκολοπακος skolopakos woodcock < ασκαλωπας askalōpas or ασκαλοπας askalopas woodcock.
● ex “Courlan de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 848, “Courliri” or “Courlan” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Scolopaceous Heron” of Latham 1785 (syn. Aramus guarauna).
● "52. CUCULUS. ... scolopaceus. 5. C. cauda cuneiformi, corpore undique griseo fuscoque nebuloso. Cuculus indicus fuscus maculatus. Edw. av. 59. t. 59. Habitat in Benghala." (Linnaeus 1758) (Eudynamys).
● ex Bucco scolopaceus of Temminck MS (Pogoniulus).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)