The three dowitchers are medium-sized long-billed wading birds that resemble godwits in body and bill shape, and the reddish under plumage in the summer. However, they are much shorter legged.
Species are:
- Family: Scolopacidae (part)
- Short-billed Dowitcher, Limnodromus griseus
- Long-billed Dowitcher, Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Asiatic Dowitcher, Limnodromus semipalmatus
