Bar-tailed Godwit

Bar-tailed Godwit
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	Bar-tailed Godwit in breeding plumage.
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	Bar-tailed Godwit in non-breeding plumage.
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Clade:	Aequorlitornithes
Order:	Charadriiformes
Suborder:	Limicoli
Family:	Scolopacidae
Subfamily:	{{{1}}}
Genus:	{{{1}}}
Species:	L. lapponica
Binomial name
	Limosa lapponica; (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Bar-tailed Godwit, Limosa lapponica is a species of godwit in the Limosinae subfamily. It is a cosmopolitan species, found on every continent except Antarctica.^[2]

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References[edit]

^ BirdLife International (2012). "Limosa lapponica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013. {{cite web}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
^ Van Gils, J., Wiersma, P. & Sharpe, C.J. (2015). Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.) (2015). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from http://www.hbw.com/node/53890 on 30 September 2015).

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This article is part of Project Aves, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each bird, including made-up species.

This article is part of Project Charadriiformes, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each charadriiform, including made-up species.

This article is part of Project Scolopacidae, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each sandpiper, including made-up species.

[1] BirdLife International (2012). "Limosa lapponica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013. {{cite web}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

[HBWAlive-2] Van Gils, J., Wiersma, P. & Sharpe, C.J. (2015). Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.) (2015). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from http://www.hbw.com/node/53890 on 30 September 2015).

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