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Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)

Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)

About Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)

  • Kingdom: Animals
  • Phylum: Chordates
  • Class: Birds
  • Order: Pelicans
  • Family: Sandpipers and Allies

The black-tailed godwit is a large, long-legged, long-billed shorebird first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. It is a member of the godwit genus, Limosa. There are four subspecies, all with orange head, neck and chest in breeding plumage and dull grey-brown winter coloration, and distinctive black and white wingbar at all times.

Lifelists

Trips

Visits

  • 2006-01-09
    Kheoladeo National Park, India
  • 2006-03-25
    Goksu Delta, Turkey
  • 2017-01-08
    Queen Elizabeth II National Park, Uganda
    Image from 2017-01-08
  • 2017-10-28
    Norfolk Coast, England
  • 2021-07-09
    Snaefellsnes Peninsula, Iceland
  • 2021-07-11
    Myvatn Area, Iceland
  • 2021-07-16
    Westmann Islands, Iceland
    Image from 2021-07-16
  • 2025-02-20
    Oued Sous, Morocco
  • 2025-03-11
    Parque Nacional Tablas Daimiel, Spain