Black-tailed Godwit

Limosa limosa (Linnaeus, 1758)

Black-tailed Godwit, Limosa limosa, breeds across the Palearctic in wet grassland from Iceland, the Faroe Islands and the British Isles through Scandinavia to western Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Chukotskiy Peninsula, Kamchatka, Sakhalin, Amurland and Inner Mongolia. Outside the breeding season it is found in Africa, the Middle East, southern and south-eastern Asia, the Indonesian Archipelago, New Guinea and Australia, as well as the southern British Isles, southern Europe, Macaronesia, Taiwan, south-eastern China, the Philippines and the Ryukyu Islands. It is a shorebird with long legs and a long bill, and has a black-and-white wingbar at all times.

Order

Charadriiformes

Family

Scolopacidae — Sandpipers, Snipes

Breeding range

Palearctic: widespread in subarctic and temperate wet grassland: Iceland, Faroe Is., British Isles, Scandinavia s to sw France, e through nw Russia, n Kazakhstan, n Mongolia e to Chukotskiy Pen., Kamchatka, Sakhalin and Amurland (e Russia) and Inner Mongolia (ne China)

Nonbreeding range

Africa, Oriental Region, Australasia: coastal and inland temperate to tropical wetlands: s British Isles, s Europe, Macaronesia (nw of n Africa; scarce), Africa (except s), Middle East, s, se Asia, Indonesian Arch., s New Guinea, Australia; Ryukyu Is. (=Nansei Shoto, s Japan), Taiwan, se China and Philippines