Breeding male © Ian Davies eBird S23921298 Macaulay Library ML 42941121
Breeding female © Ian Davies
Juvenile © Evan Lipton
Nonbreeding adult © Peter Taylor
Breeding male © Ian Davies
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Breeding adult © Kelly Kirkpatrick
Nonbreeding adult © Ryan Schain

Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica

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Identification

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Gangly wader with a long bicolored bill. Breeding plumage is dark brick-red below (male) or pale orangey (female); nonbreeding plumage is overall gray-brown with white belly; compare to Black-tailed Godwit. In flight shows rather plain upperwings with only a faint whitish wing stripe; white rump and finely barred tail. Mainly coastal away from tundra breeding grounds. Often in flocks feeding on mudflats and in brackish coastal lagoons, roosting in adjacent freshwater habitats. Feeds by probing its long bill into the mud.

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