Limnodromus semipalmatus (Asian Dowitcher)

Limnodromus semipalmatus

The Asian Dowitcher is a large shorebird with long dark legs and a long straight dark bill that is slightly ‘swollen’ at the tip. In non-breeding plumage (typical of Australian visitors) it has a streaked brown forehead, crown and nape, a dark line from the base of the bill through the

eye and a broad white ‘eye-brow’.

Limnodromus semipalmatus is listed in the following regions:

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Asian Dowitcher - Straight Black Bill -Shoalhaven Heads - back of the the Godwits

Asian Dowitcher - Straight Black Bill -Shoalhaven Heads -

Species information

Limnodromus semipalmatus Scientific name
Asian Dowitcher Common name
Not Sensitive
Vagrant native
Non-invasive or negligible
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