Sandpipers, Snipes
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponica
The bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica) is a large wader in the family Scolopacidae. The genus name Limosa is from Latin and means "muddy", from limus, "mud". The specific lapponica refers to Lapland.
- Family
- Sandpipers, Snipes
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Weight
- 292 g
- Habitat
- Wetland
- Diet
- Invertebrates
- Migration
- Migrant
- Countries recorded
- 75
Recorded in Sweden, Australia, Denmark, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Spain, France, United States, Portugal, Belgium, Taiwan, Ireland, Germany, South Africa, India, United Arab Emirates, Japan, China, Finland, Estonia, Thailand, Republic of Korea, Oman, Poland, Russia, Morocco, Malaysia, Namibia, Gambia, Philippines, Hong Kong, Iran, Senegal, Canada, Kuwait, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Kenya, Sri Lanka, Isle of Man, Fiji, Indonesia, Israel, Singapore, Greece, Turkey, Qatar, Mozambique, Iceland, NF, EH, Austria, Czechia, Vietnam, Ghana, Mauritania, JE, Switzerland, Madagascar, New Caledonia, SC, Ukraine, Djibouti, Georgia, Bangladesh, Kazakhstan, Cabo Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Lithuania, Bahrain, Hungary, Bulgaria, Tanzania.
Where to see it: Suva Pt. · East of Fringing Reef (Fiji); South Island (Cocos (Keeling) Islands); Anabar Beach (Nauru); Miranda · main hide/Limeworks (New Zealand); Kwajalein (Marshall Islands).
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