Other shorebirds that eat leaf-beetles are the Wilson phalarope and dowitcher. |
This species of the dowitcher is a western bird, breeding well to the north and migrating south to Mexico. |
Though not of the same genus, the closet relative to the Wilson snipe is the dowitcher or red-breasted snipe. |
The range of the dowitcher is limited to the eastern part of North America. |
The female is about the size of a dowitcher, and the male is similar in size to a Greater Yellowlegs. |
Often described as looking like a yellowlegs and feeding like a dowitcher, the Stilt Sandpiper is a medium-sized, long-legged wader. |