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| | + | [[Image:Bar-tailed_Godwit.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Ragna|Ragna}}]] |
| | ;[[:Category:Limosa|Limosa]] lapponica | | ;[[:Category:Limosa|Limosa]] lapponica |
| - | [[Image:Bar-tailed_Godwit.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Ragna]] | + | |
| - | [[Image:barwit_breeding.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Alternate plumage; photo by postcardcv]] | + | |
| | ==Identification== | | ==Identification== |
| | + | In '''Breeding''' plumage: belly rufous with no or little barring, and dark bill slightly upturned.<br /> |
| | + | In '''Non-breeding''' plumage: back gray with streaking, upturned bill bicolored, and long supercilium extending back past eye.<br /> |
| | + | In '''Juvenile''' plumage: back patterned with white and gray, upturned bill bicolored, and long supercilium extending back past eye. |
| | + | ====Similar Species==== |
| | + | [[Black-tailed Godwit]], which has a straighter bill; and from [[Eurasian Curlew]] and [[Whimbrel]] which both have down-curved beaks. |
| | ==Distribution== | | ==Distribution== |
| | + | [[Image:barwit_breeding.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Alternate plumage; photo by {{user|postcardcv|postcardcv}}]] |
| | *Breeds in northern [[Palearctic]]: extreme northern [[Scandinavia]] ([[Norway]], [[Finland]], limited in [[Sweden]]), [[Arctic]] [[Russia]] (Kola Peninsula eastwards), and [[Alaska]]. | | *Breeds in northern [[Palearctic]]: extreme northern [[Scandinavia]] ([[Norway]], [[Finland]], limited in [[Sweden]]), [[Arctic]] [[Russia]] (Kola Peninsula eastwards), and [[Alaska]]. |
| | *Migration most active March-April (south to north), and August-October (north to south). Seen regularly en route through the Baltic Sea, North Sea, and Atlantic coasts. Rare to find any distance inland. | | *Migration most active March-April (south to north), and August-October (north to south). Seen regularly en route through the Baltic Sea, North Sea, and Atlantic coasts. Rare to find any distance inland. |
| - | *Winters to southern [[Africa]] and [[Australasia]]. At least some individuals can always be seen in winter range. | + | *Winters to southern [[Africa]] and [[Australasia]]. A varying concentration of individuals will occur year-round in this non-breeding range. |
| | ====Vagrancy==== | | ====Vagrancy==== |
| - | Vagrant north to Svalbard, Iceland and the Faroes, Cyprus and the eastern Mediterranean countries, Madeira and the Azores. | + | Vagrant north to [[Svalbard]], [[Iceland]] and the [[Faroe Islands]]; [[Cyprus]] and eastern [[Mediterranean]] countries; [[Madeira]] and the [[Azores]]. |
| - | | + | Casual vagrant in [[North America]] on both coasts. |
| | + | ==Taxonomy== |
| | + | [[Image:BARTGODWIT019.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|I4ani|I4ani}}<br />Brignogan Plage, Brittany, [[France]], September 2008]] |
| | + | Some authorities show 4 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[2]]]</sup>. |
| | + | ====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>==== |
| | + | *''L. l. lapponica'': |
| | + | :* Bar-tailed Godwit (European): [[Lapland]] to Taymyr Peninsula; winters to [[Africa]] and [[India]] |
| | + | *''L. l. menzbieri'': |
| | + | :*Northern [[Siberia]]; winters South-eastern [[Asia]] to coastal [[Australia]], [[Tasmania]] |
| | + | *''L. l. baueri'': |
| | + | :*Bar-tailed Godwit (Siberian): North-eastern [[Siberia]] to western [[Alaska]]; winters [[China]] to [[New Zealand]] |
| | ==Habitat== | | ==Habitat== |
| | *Coastal estuaries and sheltered sandy shores. | | *Coastal estuaries and sheltered sandy shores. |
| | *Arctic breeding habitat is lowland tundra; sometimes in upland areas and among trees. | | *Arctic breeding habitat is lowland tundra; sometimes in upland areas and among trees. |
| - | | |
| | ==Behaviour== | | ==Behaviour== |
| - | ==Bird Song== | + | Very gregarious in the winter, forming huge flocks with other waders at the water's edge. |
| | + | ====Diet==== |
| | + | The diet includes worms, snails and insects. |
| | + | ====Breeding==== |
| | + | It nests on the ground, usually in short vegetation, in marshy areas above the tree-line. |
| | + | ===Vocalisation=== |
| | <flashmp3>Limosa lapponica (song).mp3</flashmp3><br /> | | <flashmp3>Limosa lapponica (song).mp3</flashmp3><br /> |
| | ''[[Media:Limosa lapponica (song).mp3|Listen in an external program]]'' | | ''[[Media:Limosa lapponica (song).mp3|Listen in an external program]]'' |
| | + | ==References== |
| | + | #{{Ref-Clements6thDec08}}#Avibase |
| | + | #Collins Pocket Guide to British Birds 1966 |
| | + | #Collins Field Guide 5th Edition |
| | + | #Collins Bird Guide ISBN 0 00 219728 6 |
| | + | {{ref}} |
| | ==External Links== | | ==External Links== |
| | + | *[http://www.arthurgrosset.com/europebirds/bar-tailedgodwit.html Arthur Grosset's Birds] |
| | {{GSearch|Limosa+lapponica}} | | {{GSearch|Limosa+lapponica}} |
| - | *[http://www.aviceda.org/abid/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&fid=35&bid=439 View more images of this species on the ABID] | + | |
| - | *[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=1255&Bird_Image_ID=2945&Bird_Family_ID=138 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages] | + | [[Category:Birds]][[Category:Limosa]] [[Category:Bird Songs]] |
| - | [[Category:Birds]][[Category:Limosa]] | + | |
Very gregarious in the winter, forming huge flocks with other waders at the water's edge.
It nests on the ground, usually in short vegetation, in marshy areas above the tree-line.
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