Asian Dowitcher / Limnodromus semipalmatus
WBN 
Asian Dowitcher
SCI Name:
Protonym: Macrorhamphus semipalmatus J.Asiat.Soc.Bengal 17 p.252
Taxonomy: Charadriiformes / Scolopacidae / Limnodromus
Taxonomy Code: asidow1
Type Locality: Calcutta.
Author: Blyth
Publish Year: 1848
IUCN Status: Near Threatened
DEFINITIONS
LIMNODROMUS
(Scolopacidae; Ϯ Short-billed Dowitcher L. griseus) Gr. λιμνη limnē marsh; -δρομος -dromos -racer, -runner < τρεχω trekhō to run; "Limnodromus, Wagl. Sumpfläufer ... Der Vogel, welcher Herrn Prof. Wagler zur Aufstellung dieses Genus veranlaßte, ist Scolopax noveboracensis, Gmel., welche in Gestalt und Lebensart ein Bindeglied von Scolopax zu Totanus bildet ... Er lebt vorzüglich an den Seeküsten und den denselben benachbarten Sümpfen" (zu Wied 1833); "Limnodromus Wied, Beitr. Naturg. Brasil, 4, Abth., 2, 1833, p. 716. Type, by monotypy, Scolopax noveboracensis Gmelin = Scolopax griseus Gmelin." (Peters 1934, II, 272).
Var. Lymnodromus.
Synon. Longirostris, Macrorhamphus, Nuntius, Pseudoscolopax.
semipalmata / semipalmatus
Mod. L. semipalmatus semipalmated < L. semi- half-, semi-, small < semis, semissis half < as, assis whole; palmatus palmate < palma palm.
● ex Tringa hiaticula Ord, 1824 (Charadrius).
● ex “Semipalmated Snipe” of Pennant 1785, and Latham 1785 (Tringa).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
