Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponica(Linnaeus, C, 1758)
English (US) Bar-tailed Godwit
The Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) 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 lapponica
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Bar-tailed Godwit
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 5 subspecies for this species.
- Limosa lapponica lapponica
- Limosa lapponica yamalensis
- Limosa lapponica taymyrensis
- Limosa lapponica menzbieri
- Limosa lapponica baueri
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Scolopax lapponica
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
- Type locality
- Lapland.
- 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.147
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Hudsonian Godwit
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