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Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosa
(L. l. limosa)
| Armenian Name: | Մեծ իլիկակտցար |
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See Plate 27 for Black-tailed Godwit and other similar species
| Resident Status: | Year-round visitor |
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| Abundance: | Uncommon |
| Length: | 40-44 cm, Wing Span:70-82 cm |
| Distribution Map: | Map 123. |
| Description: | A sandpiper with long straight bill, long legs, black-banded tail, and bold white upperwing stripe, visible in flight. |
| Adult (Breeding): | Foreparts are orangish with faintly-barred mantle, breast, and belly. Gray back and upperwings with black and orange marbling. |
| Adult (Non-breeding): | Pale gray with white from belly to undertail. |
| Juvenile: | Like a pale breeding adult but lacks dark barring on neck and breast. |
| Similar Species: | Differs from Bar-tailed Godwit by longer legs, black tail band, and in flight, broad white upperwing stripe. |
| Behavior: | Often forages in belly-deep water by immersing head and probing into soft silt with bill. Gregarious. |
| Habitat: | Mudflats, lake shores, floodplains. |
| Food: | Invertebrates, especially insects, some plant material. |
