Bar-tailed Godwit

Limosa lapponica

(L. l. lapponica)

Armenian Name:	Փոքր իլիկակտցար

See Plate 27 for Bar-tailed Godwit and other similar species

Resident Status:	Winter visitor
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.