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 Namib-Naukluft National Park
Hudsonian Godwit
Limosa haemastica
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
Sanderling
Calidris alba
Little Stint
Calidris minuta
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Ruff
Calidris pugnax
Eurasian Curlew
Numenius arquata
Common Redshank
Tringa totanus
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
📅 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 Namib-Naukluft National Park?
About 18% of visitor-days record a Bar-tailed Godwit sighting in Namib-Naukluft National Park, based on 218 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Bar-tailed Godwit in Namib-Naukluft National Park?
November has the highest sighting rate for Bar-tailed Godwit in Namib-Naukluft National Park in our monthly data.