Snipes, Sandpipers and Phalaropes (Scolopacidae)
Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) - HBW 3, p. 502
French: Barge rousse
German: Pfuhlschnepfe
Spanish: Aguja Colipinta
Taxonomy: Scolopax lapponica Linnaeus, 1758, Lappland.
Race menzbieri sometimes included within race baueri. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- lapponica (Linnaeus, 1758) - Lappland W through Kola and Kanin Peninsulas to Taymyr; winters from North Sea, W Iberia and NW Africa S to W South Africa, and E to Persian Gulf and W India.
- menzbieri Portenko, 1936 - N Siberia, between R Khatanga and Kolyma Delta; winters from SE Asia to NW Australia, and possibly E Australia.
- baueri Naumann, 1836 - NE Siberia, E of R Kolyma, to W Alaska; winters from China to New Zealand and some Pacific Is.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A winter-plumaged bird feeding on the mud Locality Cairns Esplenade, Cairns, Queensland, Australia (ssp menzbieri)
Keith Blomerley 10 November 2003 5 years ago 18 sec 4.6 -
An individual feeding on the water's edge. Locality Adak Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, USA (United States) (ssp baueri)
Josep del Hoyo 29 May 2012 40 weeks ago 24 sec 4.4 -
Preening and feeding. Locality Merimbula, New South Wales, Australia
Stephen Wallace 10 October 2011 1 year ago 26 sec 4.4 -
A 2 cy bird foraging Locality Lindoya Island, Oslo Fjord, Oslo & Akershus, Norway (ssp lapponica)
Eric Roualet 28 January 2006 2 years ago 1 min 11 sec 4.3 -
Two birds foraging on a beach, eating worms and a view of the habitat. Locality Ouvéa Island, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia
Josep del Hoyo 24 October 2010 2 years ago 34 sec 4.3 -
A bird catching a marble crab, cleaning it on a puddle and swallowing it. Locality Manawatu River Estuary, North Island, New Zealand (ssp baueri)
Josep del Hoyo 9 February 2013 5 weeks ago 31 sec 4.2
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Locality Herdla, Hordaland County, Norway
Geir Jensen 11 October 2008 1 year ago 4.6 -
Bar-tailed Godwit in flight
Locality Ma'agan Michael, Israel
Lior Kislev 25 September 2012 30 weeks ago 4.4 -
A bird in winter plumage foraging on the North Sea beach near Scheveningen.
Locality Scheveningen, The Hague, South Holland Province, Netherlands (ssp lapponica)
Gerard Visser 1 February 2010 2 years ago 4.4 -
Male going in too breeding plumage
Locality Texel, North Holland Province, Netherlands
Paul Cools 10 April 2012 30 weeks ago 4.3 -
in flight
Locality Ma'agan Michael, Israel
Lior Kislev 4 September 2012 36 weeks ago 4.3 -
On the beach at high tide and almost sunset
Locality Al Wakrah Beach, Al Wakrah, Qatar
John A Thompson 7 September 2010 2 years ago 4.3
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Calls by a small group of birds, given while taking off (repeated twice). Locality Manawatu River Estuary, North Island, New Zealand
(ssp baueri)
Josep del Hoyo 10 February 2013 9 weeks ago 3
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