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Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponica · Family Scolopacidae
Limosa lapponica
Family Scolopacidae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Scolopacidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 898,676
- Countries and territories with records
- 180
About this species
This species has 898,676 occurrence records from 180 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Sweden (20.8%), Australia (14.6%), Denmark (11.6%), the Netherlands (9.1%) and the United Kingdom (9%); together they account for 65.1% of the total. In Sweden, this species accounts for 0.18% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Limosa lapponica combines the genus name Limosa with the species epithet lapponica. The Warbla app catalog lists 4 species of the genus Limosa; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Limosa limosa, Limosa fedoa and Limosa haemastica.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 89 species of the family Scolopacidae. This species ranks 23rd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Actitis macularius. Its record count is 1.3 times the family average (703,816). The family Scolopacidae belongs to the order Charadriiformes, which has 340 species in the Warbla app catalog.