Snipes, Sandpipers 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 Enlarge map
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A group of birds feeding. Locality Lauwersmeer, Netherlands
Yoel Jimenez 26 March 2011 2 years ago 1 min 17 sec 3.8 -
Black-tailed Godwit looking for food Locality Burgenland State, Austria
Andreas Gruber 17 April 2010 2 years ago 25 sec 3.8 -
An adult in breeding plumage being alert and walking through the grass while its mate is calling in the background. Locality Dalnerechensk, Primorsky Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (ssp melanuroides)
Josep del Hoyo 15 June 2009 3 years ago 31 sec 3.8 -
A bird in winter plumage, feeding in the water close to a Black-winged Stilt. Locality Dasada, Surendranagar District, Gujarat, India (ssp limosa)
Josep del Hoyo 18 February 2011 1 year ago 16 sec 3.7 -
An adult individual landing, then calling while standing in a field Locality Burgenland State, Austria (ssp limosa)
Malcolm Mark Swan 25 May 2006 5 years ago 18 sec 3.7 -
Some birds feeding in a marsh. Locality Axios Delta, Central Macedonia Region, Greece
Theo Mamais 3 August 2008 2 years ago 1 min 7 sec 3.7
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On grass with breeding plumage
Locality Bhavnagar District, Gujarat, India
Shantilal Varu 24 March 2013 11 weeks ago 3.5 -
Feeding
Locality Bhavnagar District, Gujarat, India
Shantilal Varu 24 March 2013 11 weeks ago 3.5 -
a mixed plumage flock heading north on migration along the shore - Shai Agmon - birds,nature,environment
Locality Ma'ayan Tzvi, Israel
Shai Agmon 17 May 2009 1 year ago 3.5 -
Adult NBR wading in shallow salt pan.
Locality Southern Thailand, Thailand
Edward Smith 12 February 2011 2 years ago 3.5 -
Adult non breeding. Several non breading birds wading in shallow salt pan.
Locality Bahn Bahk Taley, Phetchaburi Province, Western Thailand, Thailand
Edward Smith 11 February 2011 2 years ago 3.4 -
Black-tailed Godwit
Locality Kutch District, Gujarat, India
drpankajmaheria 12 January 2013 21 weeks ago 3.4
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A bird intensively calling near its nest.
Locality Dalnerechensk, Primorsky Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia
(ssp melanuroides)
Josep del Hoyo 15 June 2009 3 years ago 4.5 -
Challenge or courtship calls Locality Rajasthan, India
(ssp limosa)
RAM GOPAL SONI 3 February 2010 3 years ago 4 -
Single sweet whistle, probably alarm call Locality Rajasthan, India
(ssp limosa)
RAM GOPAL SONI 3 February 2010 3 years ago 3.5 -
Display calls of a captive male Locality Pensthorpe Waterfowl Park, Fakenham, Norfolk, England, Great Britain
(ssp probably limosa)
Stuart Fisher 2 May 2001 4 years ago 3
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