Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosa
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Rare
- Observations
- 20,504
- Most observed in
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Conservation
- Near Threatened
Description
The black-tailed godwit is a large, long-legged, long-billed shorebird first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. It is a member of the godwit genus, Limosa. There are four subspecies, all with orange head, neck and chest in breeding plumage and dull grey-brown winter coloration, and distinctive black and white wingbar at all times.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Black-tailed godwit”.