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Black-tailed godwit

Birds

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/

Facts
Classification
Diet
Carnivore 1
System (Realm)
Freshwater 2
Relationship to People
Hunted or Fished 3
Living or Extinct
Yes 4
Scientific Name
Limosa limosa 4
Conservation Status
Near Threatened 2
Comparison
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 5
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Scolopacidae, Taxa
Source Black-tailed godwit (Wikidata)

In Biome

Freshwater, Biomes
Source Black-tailed godwit (Wikipedia)

In Ecosystem

Scandinavian Taiga, Ecosystems
Source Wikidata: Common Juniper
Additional Source Scandinavian and Russian Taiga (Wikipedia)Article text
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Found In

Africa

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Australia

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Belgium

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Denmark

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Djibouti

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Eritrea

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France

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Ireland

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Kenya

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Mozambique

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Netherlands

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New Zealand

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North America

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Norway

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Poland

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Russia

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South Africa

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South Asia

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Spain

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Sweden

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Taiwan

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Tanzania

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Ukraine

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United Kingdom

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United States

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Sources
1. EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014)
2. 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.
  • Infobox: status
    NT
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3. Black-tailed godwit (Wikipedia)
  • Section: Relationship to humans; begins "In Europe, black-tailed godwits are only hunted"
    In Europe, black-tailed godwits are only hunted in France, with the annual total killed estimated at 6,000 to 8,000 birds.
  • In Biome: Freshwater, Wikipedia intro: "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. The world popu..."
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4. 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.
  • Child Taxon Of: Scolopacidae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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5. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Aves
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 32
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 32
"cites_listing":"I/II/III/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/C/D/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Animalia","phylum":"Chordata","class":"Aves","order":null,"family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"Aves","language":"ES"},{"name":"Birds","language":"EN"},{"name":"Oiseaux","language":"FR"},{"name":"鸟纲","language":"ZH"}],"cites_listings":[]
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UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Limosa
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 1015
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 1015
"active":true,"cites_listing":"NC"
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Scandinavian and Russian Taiga (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIn Ecosystem: Scandinavian Taiga, Article text
Quote, In Ecosystem: Scandinavian Taiga, Article text
black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa, Near Threatened)
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