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Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosa · Family Scolopacidae
Limosa limosa
Family Scolopacidae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Scolopacidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 1,305,424
- Countries and territories with records
- 158
About this species
This species has 1,305,424 occurrence records from 158 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the Netherlands (35.6%), the United Kingdom (14.6%), Sweden (7.3%), Spain (4.8%) and Belgium (4.6%); together they account for 67% of the total. In the Netherlands, this species accounts for 0.7% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Limosa limosa combines the genus name Limosa with the species epithet limosa. The Warbla app catalog lists 4 species of the genus Limosa; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Limosa lapponica, Limosa fedoa and Limosa haemastica.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 89 species of the family Scolopacidae. This species ranks 19th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Actitis macularius. Its record count is 1.9 times the family average (703,816). The family Scolopacidae belongs to the order Charadriiformes, which has 340 species in the Warbla app catalog.