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Long-billed Dowitcher

Limnodromus scolopaceus (Say, 1822)

Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus)
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Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Scolopacidae
Genus
Limnodromus
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Range

Where it is recorded

Not enough evidence yet

Recorded in 10 of Ohio's 88 counties, with too few records in each for a result. Its published mapped range covers 76 of Ohio's 88 counties.

  • No result yet (10)
  • Within its mapped range (68)
  • Recorded, too few records for a result (10)
  • Recorded, season not shown (0)
  • Season shown (0)
Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files, 1:500,000. Range: USGS Gap Analysis Project, Species Range Maps CONUS_2001 (2018). Show as a table
Counties as a table
Long-billed Dowitcher by Ohio county: records and mapped range
CountyRecordsIn mapped range
Adams CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Allen CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Ashland CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Ashtabula CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Athens CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Auglaize CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Belmont CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Brown CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Butler CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultNo
Carroll CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Champaign CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Clark CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Clermont CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Clinton CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Columbiana CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Coshocton CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Crawford CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Cuyahoga CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: migration
Darke CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Defiance CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Delaware CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Erie CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Fairfield CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Fayette CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Franklin CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Fulton CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Gallia CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Geauga CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: migration
Greene CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Guernsey CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Hamilton CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Hancock CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Hardin CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Harrison CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Henry CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Highland CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Hocking CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Holmes CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Huron CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Jackson CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Jefferson CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Knox CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Lake CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: migration
Lawrence CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Licking CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Logan CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Lorain CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: migration
Lucas CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: migration
Madison CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Mahoning CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Marion CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Medina CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: migration
Meigs CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Mercer CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultNo
Miami CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Monroe CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Montgomery CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Morgan CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Morrow CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Muskingum CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Noble CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Ottawa CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Paulding CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Perry CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Pickaway CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Pike CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Portage CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Preble CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Putnam CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Richland CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Ross CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Sandusky CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Scioto CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Seneca CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Shelby CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Stark CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: migration
Summit CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Trumbull CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Tuscarawas CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Union CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Van Wert CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Vinton CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Warren CountyNo qualifying records yetNo
Washington CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Wayne CountyRecorded, too few records for a resultYes: migration
Williams CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Wood CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration
Wyandot CountyNo qualifying records yetYes: migration

Season

When it is recorded

In Ohio

Not enough evidence

The weeks are still too uncertain to show a season. Based on 37 records in 10 of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, above the minimum of 20 records from 5 different years.
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Recording in Ohio · records of all species each week, 1,691,199 in all

Records per week from 37 records in 10 of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025. Shows when people recorded it, not a season or how common it is.

Show as a table
Records of Long-billed Dowitcher in Ohio each week, and records of all species
WeekRecords of Long-billed DowitcherYears recordedRecords of all species
Jan 4–10006,211
Jan 11–17005,146
Jan 18–24004,645
Jan 25–31004,698
Feb 1–7006,023
Feb 8–14005,888
Feb 15–21005,436
Feb 22–28006,846
Mar 1–7008,321
Mar 8–140010,384
Mar 15–211112,620
Mar 22–280013,949
Mar 29 – Apr 42119,661
Apr 5–110026,860
Apr 12–180039,925
Apr 19–252241,623
Apr 26 – May 26356,391
May 3–97452,952
May 10–161153,785
May 17–231157,698
May 24–300054,651
May 31 – Jun 60053,099
Jun 7–130053,700
Jun 14–200056,625
Jun 21–270055,361
Jun 28 – Jul 40058,477
Jul 5–110061,336
Jul 12–180064,722
Jul 19–250069,753
Jul 26 – Aug 10059,416
Aug 2–80059,712
Aug 9–150055,994
Aug 16–220054,328
Aug 23–291151,772
Aug 30 – Sep 51157,167
Sep 6–120059,075
Sep 13–190054,543
Sep 20–264345,860
Sep 27 – Oct 33243,180
Oct 4–101137,841
Oct 11–172130,824
Oct 18–243221,156
Oct 25–312219,021
Nov 1–70014,172
Nov 8–140012,621
Nov 15–21007,965
Nov 22–28008,136
Nov 29 – Dec 5006,083
Dec 6–12006,004
Dec 13–19005,423
Dec 20–26005,661
Dec 27 – Jan 2008,459

What these results show

These results show when people recorded a species, not when or where it occurs. Missing weeks and low counts do not mean absence or scarcity, and counts are not abundance. Contributed records reflect where, when and what people chose to observe.

Relatives

In the same genus

Other Limnodromus recorded in Ohio

Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus

Identification

How to identify it

Often confused with

  • Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus435 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant
  • Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa35 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant
  • Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca31 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant
  • Willet Tringa semipalmata23 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant
  • Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus17 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant

From iNaturalist’s similar-species counts, refreshed monthly: confusions in Ohio first, then worldwide. Only species with an Ohio result are listed.

Months not reported

  1. Jan: no record
  2. Feb: no record
  3. Mar: recorded
  4. Apr: recorded
  5. May: recorded
  6. Jun: no record
  7. Jul: no record
  8. Aug: recorded
  9. Sep: recorded
  10. Oct: recorded
  11. Nov: no record
  12. Dec: no record

Not reported in Ohio in June to July and November to February, 2016 to 2025.

Time of day it is recorded

midnight6 amnoon6 pm

From 36 Ohio records with a time. Most records are made when people are outside, so night and early-morning species are under-recorded.

Sources

Where these results come from

  • Records from iNaturalist research-grade observations and expert-identified GBIF datasets, CC0, CC BY and CC BY-NC. Sources
  • Seasons use the published method and its evidence thresholds. Methods
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Records behind the Ohio result

37 records from 1 dataset.

To cite: the GBIF download doi:10.15468/dl.y2jkt8 (opens in a new tab).

A spreadsheet (CSV) with a link to each record, on iNaturalist or GBIF. Records whose location was hidden by the observer or the source are counted but not linked.