The Asian dowitcher (Limnodromus semipalmatus) is a rare medium-large wader.

The body is brown on top and reddish underneath in breeding plumage.

They migrate to southeast Asia as far south as northern Australia, although both the breeding and wintering areas are poorly known.

These birds forage by probing in shallow water or on wet mud.

It closely resembles a small bar-tailed godwit, although the dowitcher "sewing machine" feeding action and the yelping call are distinctions from the more widespread bird.