Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Sandpipers and Allies :: Black-tailed Godwit

Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa

Described by: Linnaeus (1758)
Alternate common name(s): Asiatic Black-tailed Godwit
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan - Aug 23, 2003 © William Hull  Tokyo Port Wild Bird Park, Tokyo, Japan - Oct 14, 2002 © William Hull  Tokyo Port Wild Bird Park, Tokyo, Japan - Oct 14, 2002 © William Hull  Tokyo Port Wild Bird Park, Tokyo, Japan - Oct 14, 2002 © William Hull  Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan - Aug 23, 2003 © William Hull 
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Range

Palearctic;
Fragmented distribution in Asia;
(1) Iceland (Utherad), Faeroe Is. and Shetland Is.
Winters s. to sw. Europe.
(2) Europe (s. Scandinavia, Baltic States, c. Russia, Netherlands, Biebrza Marsh and Karsiborska Kepa in the mouth of the Swina River, Poland, Senne, w. Slovakia) to w. Asia in c. Siberia s. to n. and e. Kazakhstan and nw. China.
Winters in Israel (Hula Valley), Africa and India.
(3) Ne. Asia in Ussuriland and probably Kamchatka and s. in Mongolia, Manchuria from w. Heilungkiang s. to w. Liaoning.
Winters in China, se. Asia, Taiwan, Philippines and Australia in Western Australia (Broome Bird Observatory), Northern Territory, Queensland (Cairns), New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania.

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

Location unknown - Date unknown Source: ETI BioInformatics

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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