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Limosa lapponica

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Bar-tailed Godwit

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G4Apparently SecureGlobal Rank
Near threatenedIUCN
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.102892
Element CodeABNNF08030
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVertebrate Animal
IUCNNear threatened
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumCraniata
ClassAves
OrderCharadriiformes
FamilyScolopacidae
GenusLimosa
Other Common Names
Barge rousse (FR) Fuselo (PT) Picopando Cola Barrada (ES)
Concept Reference
American Ornithologists' Union (AOU). 1998. Check-list of North American birds. Seventh edition. American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C. [as modified by subsequent supplements and corrections published in The Auk]. Also available online: http://www.aou.org/.
Conservation Status
Rank MethodExpertise without calculation
Review Date2016-04-09
Change Date2016-04-09
Edition AuthorsMehlman, D.W.
Range Extent>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)
Rank Reasons
Fairly large range, numerous within range, no significant threats.
Range Extent Comments
BREEDING: just inland from the coasts across northern and western Alaska (east to Sagavanirktok River), northern Scandinavia, across northern Russia and northern Siberia to Chukotski Peninsula and northern Anadyrland. NON-BREEDING: Eurasia, Africa, Indian Ocean islands, southeastern Asia, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand (AOU 1983, Johnson and Herter 1989). MIGRATION: through Hawaiian, Aleutian, and Pribilof Islands, along Bering Sea coast of Alaska Peninsula, through Europe and Pacific (AOU 1983). Lagoons along north shore of Alaska Peninsula are important fall staging areas (see Johnson and Herter 1989).
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Coastal tundra and sedge-dwarf shrub tundra of foothills; in migration and winter also marshes, flooded fields, estuarine areas and beaches (AOU 1983). Nest is a simple depression in dry upland tundra. In Europe, apparently seeks nest protection by breeding near nesting Whimbrels (NUMENIUS PHAEOPUS), which are more actively defensive against predators (Larsen and Moldsvor 1992).

Reproduction

Clutch size usually 4. Incubation 20-21 days, by both sexes (female at night). Young tended by both parents or by male only (Johnson and Herter 1989).
Terrestrial Habitats
Tundra
Palustrine Habitats
HERBACEOUS WETLAND
Other Nations (1)
United StatesN5B
ProvinceRankNative
AlaskaS3BYes
HawaiiSNAYes
New JerseySNAYes
WashingtonSNAYes
Threat Assessments
ThreatScopeSeverityTiming
11 - Climate change & severe weatherPervasive (71-100%)UnknownLow (long-term)
11.1 - Habitat shifting & alterationPervasive (71-100%)UnknownLow (long-term)

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Roadless Areas (1)
Alaska (1)
AreaForestAcres
South KruzofTongass National Forest55,193
References (18)
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