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Long-billed Dowitcher

Limnodromus scolopaceus

Passes through West Virginia on migration. Found in all 55 counties, across 3 habitats.

Here
On migration
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
All 55 counties
Habitats
3

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
On migration
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
All 55 counties
Habitats
3
Habitat models
Winter

Where it lives

The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.

Habitats in West Virginia 3

Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

1 of 3

Disturbed and introduced wetlands

Wet ground taken over by weedy or introduced plants after disturbance, such as common reed, Chinese tallow or tamarisk stands; the upland counterpart is roadsides, fields and disturbed ground.

Winter

Ponds, lakes and their shores

Still water and its edges: ponds, lakes, millponds and reservoirs.

WinterOpen Water (Fresh)

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.

WinterOnly within 120 m of water.Cultivated Cropland
Other habitats in its models (49)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in West Virginia. Those recorded in West Virginia first, the rest by region.

Elsewhere in the South (35)
  • Central Florida Herbaceous Pondshore Winter.
  • Central Florida Herbaceous Seep Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Dune and Coastal Grassland Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Savanna and Wet Prairie Winter.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Tidal Wooded Swamp Winter.
  • Florida Big Bend Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Winter.
  • Florida Big Bend Salt-Brackish Tidal Marsh Winter.
  • Florida Dry Prairie Winter, only within 120 m of water.
  • Florida Panhandle Beach Vegetation Winter.
  • Lower Mississippi River Dune Woodland and Forest Winter.
  • Mississippi River Bottomland Depression Winter.
  • Mississippi Sound Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh Winter.
  • South Florida Bayhead Swamp Winter.
  • South Florida Everglades Sawgrass Marsh Winter.
  • South Florida Freshwater Slough and Gator Hole Winter.
  • South Florida Mangrove Swamp Winter.
  • South Florida Shell Hash Beach Winter.
  • South Florida Wet Marl Prairie Winter.
  • Southeast Florida Beach Winter.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Herbaceous Seepage Bog Winter.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Hydric Hammock Winter.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Nonriverine Basin Swamp Winter.
  • Southern Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall Winter.
  • Southwest Florida Beach Winter.
  • Southwest Florida Dune and Coastal Grassland Winter.
  • Texas Coastal Bend Beach Winter.
  • Texas Saline Coastal Prairie Winter.
  • Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Winter, only within 120 m of water.
  • Upper Texas Coast Beach Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Catahoula Barrens Winter, only within 120 m of water.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Large River Swamp Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Nepheline Syenite Glade Winter, only within 120 m of water.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Calcareous Prairie Winter, only within 120 m of water.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Seepage Swamp and Baygall Winter.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Calcareous Prairie Winter, only within 120 m of water.
Land cover and other classes (14)
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Herbaceous Modifier Winter, only within 120 m of water.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Loblolly Modifier Winter, only within 120 m of water.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Interior Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland - Open Understory Modifier Winter, only within 120 m of water.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Prairie and Woodland Winter, only within 120 m of water.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Open Understory Modifier Winter, only within 120 m of water.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Depression Pondshore Winter.
  • Open Water (Aquaculture) Winter.
  • Open Water (Brackish/Salt) Winter.
  • South Texas Dune and Coastal Grassland Winter.
  • South Texas Sand Sheet Grassland Winter, only within 120 m of water.
  • Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Slough Winter.
  • Unconsolidated Shore Winter.
  • Unconsolidated Shore (Beach/Dune) Winter.
  • Unconsolidated Shore (Lake/River/Pond) Winter.

All habitats

Seasons in West Virginia

  • Migratory: does not nest here, in all 55 counties.

Also found in its main habitats

Its main habitats in West Virginia, by how much of its habitat model each one is, with the birds most characteristic of each and the plants that grow wild there. Shared habitat, not food.

Disturbed and introduced wetlands

Birds 112

Plants 12

All of disturbed and introduced wetlands in West Virginia

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Birds 89

Plants 905

All of roadsides, fields and disturbed ground in West Virginia

Ponds, lakes and their shores

Birds 58

Plants 109

All of ponds, lakes and their shores in West Virginia

USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

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