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 Yala National Park
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponica
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Common Redshank
Tringa totanus
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
Marsh Sandpiper
Tringa stagnatilis
Little Stint
Calidris minuta
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Pin-tailed Snipe
Gallinago stenura
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea
Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatus
📅 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 Yala National Park?
About 11% of visitor-days record a Black-tailed Godwit sighting in Yala National Park, based on 117 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Black-tailed Godwit in Yala National Park?
October has the highest sighting rate for Black-tailed Godwit in Yala National Park in our monthly data.