Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa Scientific name definitions
- NT Near Threatened
- Names (56)
- Subspecies (4)
Jan Van Gils, Popko Wiersma, David Christie, Ernest Garcia, and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated March 22, 2017
Text last updated March 22, 2017
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Swartstertgriet |
| Albanian | Gjelëza e madhe bishtzezë |
| Arabic | بقويقة سلطانية سوداء الذيل |
| Armenian | Մեծ իլիկակտցար |
| Asturian | Punzñn de rauprietu |
| Azerbaijani | Böyük oxcüllüt |
| Basque | Kuliska buztanbeltza |
| Bulgarian | Черноопашат крайбрежен бекас |
| Catalan | tètol cuanegre |
| Chinese | 黑尾鷸 |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 黑尾塍鷸 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 黑尾塍鹬 |
| Croatian | crnorepa muljača |
| Czech | břehouš černoocasý |
| Danish | Stor Kobbersneppe |
| Dutch | Grutto |
| English | Black-tailed Godwit |
| English (United States) | Black-tailed Godwit |
| Faroese | Reyðspógvi |
| Finnish | mustapyrstökuiri |
| French | Barge à queue noire |
| French (France) | Barge à queue noire |
| Galician | Fuselo de rabo negro |
| German | Uferschnepfe |
| Greek | (Ευρωπαϊκή) Λιμόζα |
| Gujarati | કાળીપૂંછ ગડેરો |
| Hebrew | לימוזה מצויה |
| Hungarian | Nagy goda |
| Icelandic | Jaðrakan |
| Indonesian | Biru-laut ekor-hitam |
| Italian | Pittima reale |
| Japanese | オグロシギ |
| Korean | 흑꼬리도요 |
| Latvian | Melnā puskuitala |
| Lithuanian | Paprastasis griciukas |
| Malayalam | പട്ടവാലൻ സ്നാപ്പ് |
| Marathi | काळ्या शेपटीचा पाणटिवळा |
| Mongolian | Морин цууцал |
| Norwegian | svarthalespove |
| Odia | କନକଖାଈ |
| Persian | گیلانشاه دم سیاه |
| Polish | rycyk |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Maçarico-de-bico-direito |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Milherango |
| Romanian | Sitar de mal |
| Russian | Большой веретенник |
| Serbian | Muljača |
| Slovak | brehár čiernochvostý |
| Slovenian | Črnorepi kljunač |
| Spanish | Aguja Colinegra |
| Spanish (Spain) | Aguja colinegra |
| Swedish | rödspov |
| Thai | นกปากแอ่นหางดำ |
| Turkish | Çamurçulluğu |
| Ukrainian | Грицик великий |
| Zulu | unodakomsilomnyama |
Limosa limosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Scolopax Limosa
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.147.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Europe, restricted type locality, Sweden.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- LIMOSA
- limosa
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Black-tailed Godwit
