Sandpipers, Snipes and Phalaropes (Scolopacidae)
Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
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 (limosa)
Alex García 31 August 2007 2 years ago 32 sec 4.9 -
An individual preening Illa de Buda, Ebro Delta, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain (limosa)
Pedro Rubio 1994 7 years ago 3 sec 4.5 -
A group feeding Illa de Buda, Ebro Delta, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain (limosa)
Pedro Rubio 1994 7 years ago 24 sec 4.4 -
A juvenile bird looking up, becoming alert and flying away Santoña Marsh Natural Reserve, Santoña, Cantabria, Spain (limosa)
Alex García 31 August 2007 2 years ago 22 sec 4.3 -
A group feeding Illa de Buda, Ebro Delta, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain (limosa)
Pedro Rubio 1994 7 years ago 19 sec 4.2 -
A bird in non breeding plumage trying to eat a snail Living Coasts, Torquay, Devon, England, UK (limosa)
Ferran Gil 23 November 2007 2 years ago 38 sec 4.1
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Four birds searching for food in a marsh Axios Delta, Greece
Theo Mamais 1 July 2007 48 weeks ago 3.3 -
A bird searching for food Axios Delta, Greece
Theo Mamais 1 April 1998 48 weeks ago 3.3 -
An adult raising the flight. L'Encanyissada, Ebro Delta, Tarragona Province, Catalonia, Spain (islandica)
Alberto Soria 15 April 1974 6 weeks ago 3 -
An adult perched in a rice. L'Encanyissada, Ebro Delta, Tarragona Province, Catalonia, Spain (islandica)
Alberto Soria 15 April 1974 6 weeks ago 3 -
A bird feeding in shallow water Titchwell RSPB Reverve, Norfolk, England, UK (unsure)
Stuart Fisher 17 February 2009 49 weeks ago 2
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Display calls of a captive male Pensthorpe Waterfowl Park, Fakenham, Norfolk, England, UK
(probably limosa)
Stuart Fisher 2 May 2001 49 weeks ago 3 -
Single sweet whistle, probably alarm call Rajasthan, India
(limosa)
RAM GOPAL SONI 3 February 2010 1 hour ago ADDED TODAY! 0 -
Challenge or courtship calls Rajasthan, India
(limosa)
RAM GOPAL SONI 3 February 2010 1 hour ago ADDED TODAY! 0
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