The black-tailed godwit is a large, long-legged, long-billed shorebird first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. It belongs to the godwit genus Limosa, and its four recognized subspecies all show an orange head, neck and chest in breeding plumage, duller grey-brown winter coloration, and a distinctive black and white wingbar year-round. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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System (Realm) Living or Extinct Scientific Name Conservation Status Sources
1. Wikipedia: Black-tailed godwit
system (MediaWiki batch-API article extract states it plainly)
The species breeds in fens, lake edges, damp meadows, moorlands and bogs and uses estuaries, swamps and floods in (the northern hemisphere) winter; it is more likely to be found inland and on freshwater than the similar bar-tailed godwit.
Speciesbox infobox, conservation status parameter
status = NT
View the Source2. Black-tailed godwit (Wikidata)
Wikidata- Wikidata Q18841 (P225 taxon name)
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): near threatened.
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