Black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa)Conservation status -NT

Black-tailed godwit
 (Limosa limosa)
काली पूंछ वाली चंचुकी
Conservation status -NT 
#Saryuwetland
#Ayodhya
Uttar Pradesh
Dop 13/11/22
Nikon Gears
Full screen mode recommended for details
(First time captured in Ayodhya)
*National Bird of Netherland*
This is a large, long-legged, long-billed shorebird first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. It is a member of the godwit genus, Limosa. There are four subspecies, all with orange head, neck and chest in breeding plumage and dull grey-brown winter coloration, and distinctive black and white wingbar at all times.
Its breeding range stretches from Iceland through Europe and areas of central Asia. Black-tailed godwits spend (the northern hemisphere) winter in areas as diverse as the Indian subcontinent, Australia, New Zealand, western Europe and west Africa. 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.

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