Fact Card
COMMON NAME: BAR-TAILED GODWIT
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Limosa lapponica
TYPE: Migrant
RECORDED SIGHTINGS: Viti Levu – Vanua Levu – Taveuni – Kadavu – Lomaiviti – Lau – Rotuma
GROUP NAME: KINGDOM – Animalia / PHYLUM – Chordata / CLASS – Aves
ORDER – Charadriiformes / FAMILY – Scolopacidae / GENUS – Limosa
Video: Bar-tailed Godwit
Audio: Bar-tailed Godwit
IUCN Red List Status
References
- Bar-tailed godwit. (2022, November 2). In Wikipedia. Link
- [Gerrit Vyn]. (2006, June 15). Bar-tailed Godwit (Siberian) Limosa lapponica [baueri Group] [Audio]. Macaulay Library. Link
- IUCN (2016, October 1). Bar-tailed Godwit. IUCN Red List. Retrieved September 28, 2023, from Link
- [Josep del Hoyo]. (2006, June 15). Bar-tailed Godwit (Siberian) Limosa lapponica [baueri Group] [Video]. Macaulay Library. Link
Additional Sources of Information
- NatureFiji-MareqetiViti is Fiji’s only domestic NGO working solely for the conservation and sustainable management of Fiji’s unique natural heritage – Link
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