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 Fertő-Hanság National Park
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponica
Eurasian Curlew
Numenius arquata
Ruff
Calidris pugnax
Common Redshank
Tringa totanus
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropus
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Dunlin
Calidris alpina
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinago
Little Stint
Calidris minuta
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckii
📅 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 Fertő-Hanság National Park?
About 23% of visitor-days record a Black-tailed Godwit sighting in Fertő-Hanság National Park, based on 385 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Black-tailed Godwit in Fertő-Hanság National Park?
March has the highest sighting rate for Black-tailed Godwit in Fertő-Hanság National Park in our monthly data.