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


©Leo: Bega Valley, New South Wales, Australia
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Charadriiformes
Family Scolopacidae
Genus Limosa
Species Limosa lapponica
Status least concern

Colours

                   

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

Web resources

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.