Bird

Bar-tailed Godwit

Limosa lapponica · Scolopacidae · Charadriiformes

Best monthsMay · Aug–Sepmost records

Records850,688in 86 countries

Most seen inSweden187,772 records

Red ListNear threatenedIUCN status

About

Bar-tailed Godwit in brief

The bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica) is a bird of the Scolopacidae family — species of bird.

Across the 86 countries we cover it has 850,688 published records, most of them from Sweden, Australia and Denmark. It is recorded through much of the year, most often in May, August and September.

Its global conservation status is near threatened on the IUCN Red List.

Records by month

All countries combined · the strongest months highlighted

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Where & when

When to look in each country

Sweden187,772 records · best Aug, Jul

Australia129,922 records · best Oct, Nov

Denmark105,457 records · best Aug, Jul

United Kingdom84,715 records · best Sep, Oct

Netherlands81,518 records · best May, Oct

Norway67,412 records · best Sep, Aug

New Zealand38,363 records · best Nov, Jan

Spain32,149 records · best Sep, Oct

France26,553 records · best Sep, May

Portugal15,929 records · best Sep, Oct

Belgium9,377 records · best Sep, May

Taiwan8,571 records · best Apr, Mar

Ireland7,941 records · best Sep, Oct

Germany7,335 records · best Sep, Oct

United Arab Emirates5,379 records · best Jan, Sep

Japan5,338 records · best Sep, Apr

China4,622 records · best May, Apr

Estonia4,370 records · best Aug, Sep

Finland4,336 records · best May, Jun

South Korea3,346 records · best Apr, May

Oman2,136 records · best Nov, Feb

Poland2,004 records · best Sep, Oct

Morocco1,878 records · best Mar, Apr

Gambia1,206 records · best Nov, Jan

Philippines1,172 records · best Jan, Feb

Iran1,002 records · best Feb, Jan

Senegal988 records · best Jan, Feb

Kuwait895 records · best Apr, Aug

Italy798 records · best Jan, Sep

Saudi Arabia763 records · best Mar, Feb

Sri Lanka699 records · best Feb, Jan

Fiji662 records · best Oct, Sep

Singapore606 records · best Nov, Mar

Greece572 records · best Sep, Oct

Qatar438 records · best Oct, Nov

Iceland388 records · best Oct, Sep

Austria277 records · best Sep, Oct

Czechia274 records · best Sep, Oct

Mauritania248 records · best Jan, Dec

Switzerland229 records · best Sep, May

Madagascar224 records · best Nov, Oct

Seychelles222 records · best Oct, Nov

Ukraine215 records · best Aug, Sep

Djibouti192 records · best Sep, Feb

Georgia187 records · best Sep, May

Bangladesh175 records · best Jan, Feb

Kazakhstan171 records · best May, Oct

Cape Verde152 records · best Nov, Jan

Guinea-Bissau143 records · best Jan, Mar

Lithuania138 records · best Sep, Oct

Bahrain128 records · best Nov, Sep

Hungary122 records · best Sep, Oct

Palau98 records · best Oct, Sep

Latvia82 records · best Aug, Sep

Marshall Islands69 records · best Oct, Nov

Croatia68 records · best Sep, Oct

Algeria59 records · best Sep, Dec

Yemen59 records · best Oct, Mar

East Timor55 records · best Oct, Sep

Guinea52 records · best Jan, Apr

Cyprus51 records · best Sep, May

North Korea41 records · best Apr, Jul

Egypt38 records · best Apr, Mar

Vanuatu38 records · best Oct, Nov

Albania28 records · best Sep, Apr

Samoa28 records · best Mar, Oct

Tunisia26 records · best Apr, Sep

Slovenia24 records · best Sep, Oct

Solomon Islands23 records · best Oct, Nov

Belarus22 records · best Oct, Aug

Mauritius19 records · best Oct, Dec

Somalia17 records · best Jan, Aug

Kiribati14 records · best Oct, Nov

Tonga12 records · best Nov, Jan

Eritrea10 records · best Feb, Jan

Libya10 records · best Sep, Apr

Malta9 records · best Sep, Mar

São Tomé and Príncipe7 records · best Feb, May

Montenegro5 records · best Sep, May

Micronesia4 records · best Jun, Apr

Maldives4 records · best Jan, Mar

Luxembourg2 records · best Sep, Jan

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines2 records · best Nov, Jan

Comoros1 records · best Oct, Jan

Nauru1 records · best Mar, Jan

Turkmenistan1 records · best Aug, Jan

Map

Where it has been recorded

Density of published records; brighter cells have more records.