Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Limnodromus griseus
Agujeta piquicorta, Short billed Dowitcher
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Scolopacidae
Genus
Limnodromus
Species
griseus
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Migrant
Distribution: Isabela (Puerto Villamil), Santiago, Floreana, San Cristóbal (Tortuga Cove), Santa Cruz (Tortuga Bay and Puerto Ayora), and Genovesa (Darwin Bay). Probably occurs most years somewhere in the archipelago.
- Freile, J.F. Santander, T., Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G., Carrasco, L., Cisneros-Heredia, D., Guevara, E., Sánchez-Nivicela, M., Tinoco, B. (2019) Lista Roja de las aves del Ecuador Quito, Ecuador. 97 pp.
- Harris, M.P. (1973) The Galápagos avifauna. Condor 75(3): 265-278.
- Hickin, N. (1979) Animal life of the Galapagos. Ferundune Books, Faringdon, U.K., 236 pp.
- Lévêque, R. Bowman, R.I. & Billeb, S.L.. (1966) Migrants in the Galapagos area. Condor 68(1): 81-101.
- Wiedenfeld, D.A. (2006) Aves, the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Check List 2006 2(2): 1-27.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Limnodromus griseus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5110. Accessed 31 October 2026.