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..     BLACK-TAILED GODWIT (limosa limosa).     ..

Photo taken at Blairbowie, Apr '05.

Size:-

Voice:-

Habitat:-

Status:-

Egg:-

Length: 40-44cm

Wingspan: 70-82cm

Weight: 290-350g

 

Distinctive 'weeka-weeka-weeka'

 

 

 

Summer: lowland, wet grassland and coastal grazing marshes.

Winter: estuaries and coastal lagoons.

 

Locally common

Red List

 

 

?x?mm

N.B. EGG COLLECTING IS MURDER. IT IS IMMORAL AND IT IS AGAINST THE LAW.

Extra Info:-

Eggs:-

Lifespan:-

Population:-

No.:-

Incubation:-

Fledging:-

3-4

22-24 days

20 days

Season: May-Jul

15 years

 

 

Breeding: 30-50 pairs

Winter: 7800

Passage: 12400

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