Sandpipers, Snipes and Phalaropes (Scolopacidae)
Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) - HBW 3, p. 501
French: Barge à queue noire
German: Uferschnepfe
Spanish: Aguja Colinegra
Taxonomy: Scolopax Limosa Linnaeus, 1758, Sweden.
Forms superspecies with L. haemastica, with which sometimes considered conspecific. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- islandica C. L. Brehm, 1831 - Iceland, Faeroes, Shetland and Lofoten Is; winters in Ireland, Britain, W France, Spain and Portugal.
- limosa (Linnaeus, 1758) - W & C Europe and Russia E to upper R Yenisey; winters in Mediterranean and sub-Saharan Africa, and E through Middle East to W India.
- melanuroides Gould, 1846 - disjunct populations in Siberia E of R Yenisey, E Mongolia, NE China and Russian Far East; winters from India, Indochina, Taiwan and Philippines S to Indonesia, New Guinea and Australia.
- Near Threatened
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A juvenile bird walking on the grass and foraging Santoña Marsh Natural Reserve, Santoña, Cantabria, Spain (ssp limosa)
Alex García 31 August 2007 2 years ago 32 sec 4.6 -
An adult in breeding plumage calling and moving along a trail. Dalnerechensk, Primorsky Krai, Russia (Eastern) (ssp melanuroides)
Josep del Hoyo 15 June 2009 17 weeks ago 38 sec 4.5 -
An individual preening Illa de Buda, Ebro Delta, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain (ssp limosa)
Pedro Rubio 1994 8 years ago 3 sec 4.5 -
A group feeding Illa de Buda, Ebro Delta, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain (ssp limosa)
Pedro Rubio 1994 8 years ago 24 sec 4.4 -
A juvenile bird looking up, becoming alert and flying away Santoña Marsh Natural Reserve, Santoña, Cantabria, Spain (ssp limosa)
Alex García 31 August 2007 2 years ago 22 sec 4.3 -
A group feeding Illa de Buda, Ebro Delta, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain (ssp limosa)
Pedro Rubio 1994 8 years ago 19 sec 4.2
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Detail of Limosa by De Muy, Texel. Netherlands
Guido Bohn 15 May 2010 15 weeks ago 4.5 -
A front view of an adult in breeding plumage. Dalnerechensk, Primorsky Krai, Russia (Eastern) (ssp melanuroides)
Josep del Hoyo 15 June 2009 17 weeks ago 4 -
A close-up of an adult in breeding plumage. Dalnerechensk, Primorsky Krai, Russia (Eastern) (ssp melanuroides)
Josep del Hoyo 15 June 2009 17 weeks ago 4 -
An adult in breeding plumage. Dalnerechensk, Primorsky Krai, Russia (Eastern) (ssp melanuroides)
Josep del Hoyo 15 June 2009 17 weeks ago 4 -
sexe unknown Netherlands
Geurt van Steenbee... 5 June 2010 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3.5 -
It was resting. Mandvi Port, Mandvi, Kutch District, Gujarat, India
Shantilal Varu 20 January 2010 9 weeks ago 3.5
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A bird intensively calling near its nest.
Dalnerechensk, Primorsky Krai, Russia (Eastern)
(ssp melanuroides)
Josep del Hoyo 15 June 2009 17 weeks ago 5 -
Challenge or courtship calls Rajasthan, India
(ssp limosa)
RAM GOPAL SONI 3 February 2010 29 weeks ago 4 -
Single sweet whistle, probably alarm call Rajasthan, India
(ssp limosa)
RAM GOPAL SONI 3 February 2010 29 weeks ago 3.5 -
Display calls of a captive male Pensthorpe Waterfowl Park, Fakenham, Norfolk, England, UK
(ssp probably limosa)
Stuart Fisher 2 May 2001 1 year ago 3
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