Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponica
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyScolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies)
- GenusLimosa (Godwits)
- SpeciesLimosa lapponica (Bar-tailed Godwit)
Closest Relatives at Abel Tasman National Park
Red Knot
Calidris canutus
Dominican Gull
Larus dominicanus
VOC
Haematopus unicolor
Silver Gull
Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
South Island Pied Oystercatcher
Haematopus finschi
Masked Lapwing
Vanellus miles
Caspian Tern
Hydroprogne caspia
White-headed Stilt
Himantopus leucocephalus
White-fronted Tern
Sterna striata
Black-billed Gull
Chroicocephalus bulleri
Black-fronted Tern
Chlidonias albostriatus
Parasitic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticus
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Bar-tailed Godwit in Abel Tasman National Park?
About 15% of visitor-days record a Bar-tailed Godwit sighting in Abel Tasman National Park, based on 74 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Bar-tailed Godwit in Abel Tasman National Park?
January has the highest sighting rate for Bar-tailed Godwit in Abel Tasman National Park in our monthly data.