Bar-tailed Godwit

Scientific Name: Limosa lapponica

Bar-tailed Godwit Fact File

Distribution: Northern Europe and Alaska

Conservation Status: Near Threatened

Subspecies: Four

L. l. lapponica: Northern Europe

L. l. taymyrensis: North-central Siberia

L. l. anadyrensis: Anadyr Lowlands

L. l. menzbieri: North-eastern Siberia

L. l. baueri: North-eastern Siberia to northern and western Alaska

L. l. yamalensis: Northern West-Siberian Plain

Further Reading: 

Meet the Godwits – Rick and Elis Simpson

Current conservation efforts

None

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