the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [noun] > member of genus Limosa (godwit) > limosa limosa (black-tailed) (3)
The bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica or rufa) and the black-tailed godwit (Latin ægocephala or melanura).
either of two godwits when in red breeding plumage, the bar-tailed godwit, Limosa lapponica, or the black-tailed godwit, L. limosa.
The black-tailed godwit, Limosa limosa.