Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosa
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyScolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies)
- GenusLimosa (Godwits)
- SpeciesLimosa limosa (Black-tailed Godwit)
Closest Relatives at Amboseli National Park
Ruff
Calidris pugnax
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
Little Stint
Calidris minuta
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Marsh Sandpiper
Tringa stagnatilis
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinago
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotos
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckii
Terek Sandpiper
Xenus cinereus
📅 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 Black-tailed Godwit in Amboseli National Park?
About 8% of visitor-days record a Black-tailed Godwit sighting in Amboseli National Park, based on 78 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Black-tailed Godwit in Amboseli National Park?
March has the highest sighting rate for Black-tailed Godwit in Amboseli National Park in our monthly data.