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Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica [Linnaeus, 1758]
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Trends & Distribution
Breeding & Survival
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Order:
Charadriiformes
Family:
Scolopacidae
BTO Codes:
BA, BATGO
EURING No:
5340
Number in Britain:
62 thousand birds (Winter)
Conservation Status:
UK:
AMBER
European:
Not a species of concern
Global:
Least Concern
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Status in UK:
(A) Passage/Winter Visitor
Subspecies:
Monotypic
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Length:
38 cm
Wingspan:
75 cm
Weight:
M: 300 g F: 370 g
Scientific name from:
L.: limus =mud
and after Lappland (northern Scandinavia)
World Distribution:
BREEDS: n Scandinavia, n Asia & Alaska, WINTERS: Europe, s Asia, Africa & Australia
Habitat:
Coastal tundra, on migration mudflats, flooded fields
Diet:
Invertebrates, esp insects, molluscs, crustaceans and worms
TitBit:
Alaskan Godwits winter in New Zealand, but make the 11 000km journey without stopping, which takes around 7 days, probably the longest non-stop journey of any bird.
Population and Distribution
Population Trend:
No population trend available
Distribution:
New Atlas )
British Population Size:
Winter:
62 thousand individuals
in 1994-99
First Record:
1508
Conservation Status:
AMBER
because
Localised Non-breeding Population,
Important Non-breeding Population
Previous Assessments:
2002-2007
AMBER
1996-2001
AMBER
Races of Concern:
Habitat Occupancy (in the Breeding Season):
No habitat data from BBS
European Population Size:
Summer:
1100 to 4 thousand pairs
Birds in Europe
Listed on the Appendices/Schedules of:
WBD(I,II*), Bern(III), Bonn(II), AEWA
Survey Results:
Breeding and Survival
Egg Size:
54 x 37 mm
Egg Weight:
37.0 g (of which 5 % is shell)
Number of Nest Records:
0
Clutch Size:
4 eggs
Incubation:
20- 21 days
by the:
Male (occ. Female)
Fledging:
Unavailable
as:
Precocial, downy
First Clutches Laid:
Unavailable
Number of Broods:
1
Number Ringed:
234
Adult Survival:
0.715
± 0.079
Juvenile Survival:
No data
Age at First Breeding:
2
years
Typical Lifespan:
5
years
Maximum Recorded Age:
32yr 0m
Biometrics
Ring Size:
D2 or E*
Wing Length
Sexually dimorphic (female much larger than male)
Male:
212.5 ± 7.7
199 - 224 mm, N =109
Female:
225.7 ± 7.3
212 - 236 mm, N =123
Weight
Sexually dimorphic (female much larger than male)
Male:
277.9 ± 26.63
240.0 - 322.0 g , N =93
Female:
331.0 ± 37.37 .
270.0 - 380.0 g , N =105
Source:
British Trust for Ornithology (2005) Ringing Scheme data
Other Names
Gaelic:
Cearra-ghob
Welsh:
Rhostog Gynffonfrith
Danish:
Lille kobbersneppe
Dutch:
Rosse grutto
Finnish:
Punakuiri
French:
Barge rousse
German:
Pfuhlschnepfe
Hungarian:
Kis goda
Icelandic:
Lappajağrakan
Irish:
Guilbneach Stríocearrach
Italian:
Pittima minore
Norwegian:
Lappspove
Polish:
Szlamnik zwyczajny
Portuguese:
Fuselo
Spanish:
Aguja colipinta
Swedish:
Myrspov
Local Names: Yarwhelp, Barwit
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See Also:
Gough, G.A. et al. (1998) Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter
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