Long-billed dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus Say, 1823) in the Asian part of Russia: area and chronology of the meetings in the Baikal Siberia

Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus) is a migratory breeding species of the North-East of the tundra zone of Russia, distributed from the Anabara river valley the East to the Eastern extremity of the Chukotsky Peninsula and the Anadyr river basin, Islands Ayon and Wrangel. In Baikal Siberia this species belongs to the causal. This status is based on a some finds during autumn migration. So, the Dowitchers were met in different years on the Western shore of the Middle Baikal in the Maloe More area, in the Bratsk reservoir and Northern Mongolia. 2 ind. of Long-billed Dowitcher observed in the flock with 12 ind. of Black-tailed Godwits (Limosa limosa) feeding in the coastal shoals in the Posol’sk village on the southern Baikal Lake.