Limosa limosa [limosa or islandica] (Black-tailed Godwit [limosa or islandica])

Black-tailed Godwit [limosa or islandica]

Limosa limosa [limosa or islandica] (= Limosa limosa limosa) (Linnaeus, C 1758)

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Classification

Order:
  Charadriiformes
Family:
  Scolopacidae
Genus:
   Limosa
Scientific:
  Limosa limosa limosa

Original description

Citation:
(Linnaeus, C 1758)

Reference:
Systema Naturae ed. 10 1 p.147

Protonym:
Scolopax Limosa

Type locality:
Europe, restricted type locality, Sweden.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/166/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
8281F39F03F065F5

Avibase ID:
avibase-8281F39F

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/8281F39F

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 176693

Geographic range:

Limosa limosa limosa: Western Palearctic; winters to sub-Saharan Africa and India
Limosa limosa islandica: Iceland, Faroe and Shetland islands; winters to southwestern Europe

Source: Clements checklist

English:
Black-tailed Godwit [limosa or islandica]
French:
Barge à queue noire [limosa ou islandica]

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (1931): Limosa limosa limosa [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 19th suppl.): Limosa limosa limosa [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 20th suppl.): Limosa limosa limosa [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 21st suppl.): Limosa limosa limosa [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 22nd suppl.): Limosa limosa limosa [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 23rd suppl.): Limosa limosa limosa [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 24th suppl.): Limosa limosa limosa [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 25th suppl.): Limosa limosa limosa [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 26th suppl.): Limosa limosa limosa [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 27th suppl.): Limosa limosa limosa [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 28th suppl.): Limosa limosa limosa [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 29th suppl.): Limosa limosa limosa [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 30th suppl.): Limosa limosa limosa [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Black-tailed Godwit [limosa or islandica] ( Limosa limosa [limosa or islandica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Black-tailed Godwit [limosa or islandica] ( Limosa limosa [limosa or islandica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Black-tailed Godwit [limosa or islandica] ( Limosa limosa [limosa or islandica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Black-tailed Godwit [limosa or islandica] ( Limosa limosa [limosa or islandica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Black-tailed Godwit [limosa or islandica] ( Limosa limosa [limosa or islandica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Black-tailed Godwit [limosa or islandica] ( Limosa limosa [limosa or islandica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Black-tailed Godwit [limosa or islandica] ( Limosa limosa [limosa or islandica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Black-tailed Godwit [limosa or islandica] ( Limosa limosa [limosa or islandica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Black-tailed Godwit [limosa or islandica] ( Limosa limosa [limosa or islandica])
Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Limosa limosa limosa [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Limosa limosa limosa [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Limosa limosa limosa [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Limosa limosa

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