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 Wadden Sea National Park
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosa
Common Redshank
Tringa totanus
Eurasian Curlew
Numenius arquata
Dunlin
Calidris alpina
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinago
Sanderling
Calidris alba
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Ruff
Calidris pugnax
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Red Knot
Calidris canutus
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropus
📅 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 Wadden Sea National Park?
About 15% of visitor-days record a Bar-tailed Godwit sighting in Wadden Sea National Park, based on 1799 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Bar-tailed Godwit in Wadden Sea National Park?
August has the highest sighting rate for Bar-tailed Godwit in Wadden Sea National Park in our monthly data.