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Bar-tailed Godwit

Limosa lapponica

IUCN Red List status: Near threatened

IUCN Red List status

Worldwide: 18,001 observations
Group: Birds

About

The bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica) is a large wader in the family Scolopacidae. The genus name Limosa is from Latin and means "muddy", from limus, "mud". The specific lapponica refers to Lapland. The English term "godwit" was first recorded in about 1416–7 and is believed to imitate the bird's call.

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