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[[Image:Black-tailed_Godwit.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by A. Meir]]
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[[Image:Black-tailed_Godwit.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by A. Meir<br />Location: Eilat, [[Israel]]]]
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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Location:  Eilat, Israel
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==Distribution==
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Breeds in northern [[Palearctic]]; winters to southern [[Africa]], southern [[Asia]] and [[Australia]].
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==Taxonomy==
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====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup>====
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*''L. l. islandica'' - breeds Iceland, Faeroe Is. and Shetland Is.; winters to sw Europe
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*''L. l. limosa'' - breeds W Palearctic; winters to sub-Saharan Africa and India
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*''L. l. melanuroides'' - breeds E Palearctic; winters to SE Asia, Philippines and Australia
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==Habitat==
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==Behaviour==
 
==Bird Song==
 
==Bird Song==
 
<flashmp3>Limosa limosa (song).mp3</flashmp3><br />
 
<flashmp3>Limosa limosa (song).mp3</flashmp3><br />
 
''[[Media:Limosa limosa (song).mp3|Listen in an external program]]''
 
''[[Media:Limosa limosa (song).mp3|Listen in an external program]]''
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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{{GSearch|Limosa+limosa}}
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{{GSearch|Limosa+Black-tailed}}
 
*[http://www.aviceda.org/abid/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&fid=35&bid=437 View more images of this species on the ABID]
 
*[http://www.aviceda.org/abid/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&fid=35&bid=437 View more images of this species on the ABID]
 
*[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=1256&Bird_Image_ID=1285&Bird_Family_ID=138 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages]
 
*[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=1256&Bird_Image_ID=1285&Bird_Family_ID=138 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages]
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Revision as of 05:47, 23 July 2008

Limosa limosa
Photo by A. Meir
Location: Eilat, Israel

Identification

Distribution

Breeds in northern Palearctic; winters to southern Africa, southern Asia and Australia.

Taxonomy

Subspecies1

  • L. l. islandica - breeds Iceland, Faeroe Is. and Shetland Is.; winters to sw Europe
  • L. l. limosa - breeds W Palearctic; winters to sub-Saharan Africa and India
  • L. l. melanuroides - breeds E Palearctic; winters to SE Asia, Philippines and Australia

Habitat

Behaviour

Bird Song

<flashmp3>Limosa limosa (song).mp3</flashmp3>
Listen in an external program

External Links

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