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The bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica) is a large and strongly migratory wader in the family Scolopacidae, which feeds on bristle-worms and shellfish on coastal mudflats and estuaries. It has distinctive red breeding plumage, long legs, and a long upturned bill.
Bar-tailed godwit: Limosa lapponica (Linnaeus, 1758) 11 Black-tailed godwit: Limosa limosa (Linnaeus, 1758) 12 Hudsonian godwit: Limosa haemastica (Linnaeus, 1758) 13 Marbled godwit: Limosa fedoa (Linnaeus, 1758) 14 Asian dowitcher: Limnodromus semipalmatus (Blyth, 1848) 15 Long-billed dowitcher: Limnodromus scolopaceus (Say, 1822) 16 Short ...
The genus Limosa was introduced by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760 with the black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa) as the type species. [6] [7] The genus name Limosa is from Latin and means "muddy", from limus, "mud". [8] The English name "godwit" was first recorded in about 1416–17 and is believed to imitate the bird's ...
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In flight, its bold black and white wings and white rump can be seen readily. When on the ground it can be difficult to separate from the similar bar-tailed Godwit, but the black-tailed godwit's longer, straighter bill and longer legs are diagnostic. [11] [9] Black-tailed godwits are similar in body size and shape to bar-taileds, but stand ...
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The binomial name often reflects limited knowledge or hearsay about a species at the time it was named. ... bar-tailed godwit, Limosa ... black-headed snake, Tantilla ...
This is a list of the bird species recorded in Tanzania. The avifauna of Tanzania included a total of 1160 confirmed species as of October 2024. Of them, 29 are endemic, and four have been introduced by humans. One additional species is hypothetical as defined below; it and two proposed endemic species are not included in the counts.