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 Wilpattu National Park
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponica
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Marsh Sandpiper
Tringa stagnatilis
Pin-tailed Snipe
Gallinago stenura
Common Redshank
Tringa totanus
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
Little Stint
Calidris minuta
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea
Terek Sandpiper
Xenus cinereus
Eurasian Curlew
Numenius arquata
📅 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 Wilpattu National Park?
About 13% of visitor-days record a Black-tailed Godwit sighting in Wilpattu National Park, based on 55 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Black-tailed Godwit in Wilpattu National Park?
March has the highest sighting rate for Black-tailed Godwit in Wilpattu National Park in our monthly data.