Bar‑tailed Godwit Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Limosa lapponica
Family : Scolopacidae
Order : Charadriiformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : Coast
Description : The Bar-tailed Godwit is a brownish wader with long legs and bill, and a white rump (adult bird length approximately 37 cm, weight 220 g, wing 21 cm, bill: 8 cm, 10 cm in female, tarsus 4.8 cm, tail 7.2 cm). The breeding male looks dark patterned sandy-brown from above, with greyer wings. It has a white supercilium and chestnut neck. It feeds on insects, annelids, and molluscs. The nest of the bar-tailed godwit is a shallow cup made of moss, sometimes lined with vegetation. The typical clutch size ranges from 2 to 5 eggs, with an average of four. Both male and female godwits take turns incubating the eggs for a period of 20 to 21 days. The female incubates during the day, while the male takes over during the night.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Calidris subminuta
(Long‑toed Stint) -
Tringa ochropus
(Green Sandpiper) -
Calidris alba
(Sanderling) -
Limnodromus semipalmatus
(Asian Dowitcher) -
Gallinago gallinago
(Common Snipe) -
Tringa brevipes
(Grey‑tailed Tattler) -
Calidris ruficollis
(Red‑necked Stint) -
Calidris minuta
(Little Stint) -
Gallinago megala
(Swinhoe's Snipe) -
Tringa stagnatilis
(Marsh Sandpiper)
Species groups
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Bee-eaters -
Booby -
frigatebird -
phalarope -
tropicbird -
Martins and Swallows -
Crows, Drongos & allies -
Woodpeckers -
Eared Nightjars -
Ibises & Spoonbills -
Trogons -
Coucals -
Pelicans -
Darters -
Gulls -
Warblers and allies -
Flowerpeckers & Sunbirds -
Sparrows, Wagtails, Pipits a& allies -
moonbird -
Hawks & Eagles -
Snipes, Sandpipers, Plovers & allies -
Small Kingfishers -
Cisticola & Prinia -
Plovers & Lapwings -
Rails, Gallinules & Coots -
Tits -
Parrots -
Rosefinches and Buntings -
Bustards -
Grebes -
Pheasants & Partridges -
Old World flycatcher -
Starlings and Mynas -
Hornbills -
Buttonquails -
Rollers -
Bluebirds -
Crested Kingfishers -
Cormorants -
Pigeons and Doves -
Jacanas -
Typical Owl -
Finfoots &booby -
Flamingo -
Herons and Bitterns -
Treecreepers -
Nuthatch -
Barbets -
Treeswifts -
Swifts -
Crab-plovers, Coursers and Pratincoles -
Bulbuls -
Frogmouths -
Larks -
Storks -
Broadbills -
Thick-knees -
Painted-snipes -
Nightjars -
Barn-owls -
Large-billed Kingfishers -
Falcons -
Pittas -
Cranes -
Whistling-ducks -
Ducks, Geese & Swans -
Hoopoe
References:
description written by:Fatema-Tuz-Zohora,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:Syed Abbas (Birdwing,Bangladesh);taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Jack Berteau(www.xeno-canto.org/Jack Berteau), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.
description written by:Fatema-Tuz-Zohora,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:Syed Abbas (Birdwing,Bangladesh);taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Jack Berteau(www.xeno-canto.org/Jack Berteau), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.