Long-billed dowitcher
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Context: A long-billed dowitcher sighted at Kanaavanthurai where Arani river meets the Pulicat lagoon.
About long-billed dowitcher:
- It is a medium-sized shorebird with a relatively long bill belonging to the sandpiper family.
- It prefer freshwater and breed mainly from western and northern Alaska to eastern Siberia before migrating as far south as Mexico for the winter
- Conservation status in IUCN RED list: Least concern
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