Marbled Godwit
Limosa fedoa(Linnaeus, C, 1758)
English (US) Marbled Godwit
The Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Scolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies) in the order Charadriiformes.
- Scientific name
- Limosa fedoa
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Marbled Godwit
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Limosa fedoa beringiae
- Limosa fedoa fedoa
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Scolopax Fedoa
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
- Type locality
- North America = Hudson Bay, ex Edwards, pi. 137.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.146
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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