Species profile
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponica
Quick answer
Regular Migrant. Rodrigues et al. (2010)
- Scientific name
- Limosa lapponica
- Family
- Scolopacidae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Genus
- Limosa
- Conservation status
- Near Threatened
Recording Bar-tailed Godwit in your journal
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