Editing Dowitcher (section)

==Taxonomy==
The genus ''Limnodromus'' was introduced in 1833 by the German naturalist [[Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied]] to accommodate a single species, the [[short-billed dowitcher]].<ref>{{ cite book | last=Wied-Neuwied | first=Maximilian | author-link=Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied | title=Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte von Brasilien | year=1832 | volume=4, Part xx | language=German | location=Weimar | publisher= Im Verlage des Landes-Industrie-Comptoirs | page=716 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2796910 }}</ref><ref>{{ cite book | editor-last=Peters | editor-first=James Lee | editor-link=James L. Peters | year=1934 | title=Check-List of Birds of the World | volume=2 | publisher=Harvard University Press | place=Cambridge, Massachusetts  | page=272 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14483085 }}</ref> The name combines the [[Ancient Greek]] ''limnē'' meaning "marsh" with ''-dromos'' meaning "-racer" or "-runner".<ref>{{cite book | last=Jobling | first=James A. | year=2010| title=The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names | publisher=Christopher Helm | location=London | isbn=978-1-4081-2501-4 | page=227 | url=https://archive.org/stream/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling#page/n227/mode/1up }}</ref>

The dowitcher species are:<ref name=ioc>{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist) | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | editor3-last=Rasmussen | editor3-first=Pamela | editor3-link=Pamela Rasmussen | date=August 2022 | title=Sandpipers, snipes, coursers | work=IOC World Bird List Version 12.2 | url=https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/sandpipers/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union | access-date=6 November 2022}}</ref>

{{Species table |genus=  Limnodromus |authority-name= [[Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied|Wied-Neuwied]] |authority-year= 1833|species-count=three|no-note=y|narrow-percent=75}}

{{Species table/row
|name=[[Short-billed dowitcher]] |binomial=[[Limnodromus griseus]]
|image=File:Short-billed dowitcher in JBWR (40844).jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Gmelin, JF |authority-year=1789 |authority-not-original=yes
|range=   North America, Central America, the Caribbean, and northern South America
|range-image=File:Limnodromus griseus map.svg
|range-image-size=180px
|size=
|habitat=
|hunting=
|iucn-status= VU
|population=
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|subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Three subspecies |bullets=on
| ''L. g. caurinus'' [[Frank Pitelka|Pitelka]], 1950
| ''L. g. hendersoni'' [[William Rowan (biologist)|Rowan]], 1932 
| ''L. g. griseus'' (Gmelin, JF, 1789) 
}}
}}

{{Species table/row
|name=[[Long-billed dowitcher]] |binomial=[[Limnodromus scolopaceus]]
|image=File:Dowitcher TX1985 & Cattail Marsh & Anahuac NWR TX 2018-04-24 10-20-37 (41168366985).jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Say |authority-year=1822 |authority-not-original=yes
|range= North America
|range-image=File:Limnodromus scolopaceus map.svg
|range-image-size=180px
|size=
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|iucn-status= NT
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{{Species table/row
|name= [[Asian dowitcher]] |binomial=[[Limnodromus semipalmatus]]
|image=File:Asian Dowitcher 6436.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Blyth |authority-year=1848 |authority-not-original=yes
|range=  Siberia and Manchuria. 
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|iucn-status= NT
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{{Species table/end}}