Bar-tailed godwit (species: Limosa lapponica) in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Limosa lapponica
Bar-tailed godwit


©Leo: Bega Valley, New South Wales, Australia

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Charadriiformes
Family Scolopacidae
Genus Limosa
Species Limosa lapponica
Status least concern

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Lizard Island Field Guide
Lizard Island area: all known taxa

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Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Up to 40 cm (Length of specimen)

Wingspan

  • Up to 75 cm

Synonyms

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

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References

  • Smith, G.C. (1987). The birds of Eagle Island, a tropical sand cay on the northern Great Barrier Reef, Australia, The Sunbird, 17(1): 1-11. LIRS catalog number 245.