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 Bavarian Forest National Park
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinago
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Eurasian Curlew
Numenius arquata
Ruff
Calidris pugnax
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticola
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatus
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropus
Dunlin
Calidris alpina
Common Redshank
Tringa totanus
📅 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 Bavarian Forest National Park?
About 2% of visitor-days record a Black-tailed Godwit sighting in Bavarian Forest National Park, based on 22 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Black-tailed Godwit in Bavarian Forest National Park?
May has the highest sighting rate for Black-tailed Godwit in Bavarian Forest National Park in our monthly data.