#0574 · 🐦 birds

Black-tailed Godwit

🇳🇱 Grutto ·Limosa limosa

NTnear threatened 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

what is it?

The black-tailed godwit ( Limosa limosa ) is a large, long-legged, long-billed shorebird first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. It is a member of the Limosa genus, the godwits. There are three 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.

base stats

NL sightings 1,613iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 30,754iNaturalist observations
weight 315 gadult, up to
threat NTnear threatened

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

Spotted 1,613 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #43 most seen of the birds in NL.
30,754 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 315 g.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).