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Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponica
(L. l. lapponica)
| Armenian Name: | Փոքր իլիկակտցար |
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See Plate 27 for Bar-tailed Godwit and other similar species
| Resident Status: | Winter visitor |
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| Abundance: | Rare |
| Length: | 37-39 cm, Wing Span:70-80 cm |
| Distribution Map: | Map 124. |
| Description: | A sandpiper with long slightly upturned bill, uniformly-colored upperwing, and black-and-white barred uppertail. |
| Adult (Breeding): | Male is dark reddish-brown on head, neck, and underparts. Female lacks red-brown coloration and has pale orange color on lower face and neck. |
| Adult (Non-breeding): | Both sexes have brown-gray head, neck, breast, and upperparts with fine streaking. |
| Juvenile: | Like breeding female but with more pink at base of bill, extensive pale edges on upperparts, and unstreaked breast. |
| Similar Species: | Differs from Black-tailed Godwit by shorter legs, barred tail and in flight, dark upperwing. |
| Behavior: | Feeds by probing with bill while walking. Gregarious. |
| Habitat: | Mudflats, lake shores, floodplains. |
| Food: | Invertebrates. |
