Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Afrikaans:
Bandstertgriet
Common Names in Dutch:
Rosse Grutto
Common Names in English:
Bar-Tailed Godwit, Bartailed Godwit, Pacific Godwit, White-Rumped Godwit
Common Names in French:
Barge Rousse
Common Names in German:
Pfuhlschnepfe
Common Names in Hebrew:
לימוזה חומת-בטן
Common Names in Italian:
Pittima Minore
Common Names in Japanese:
オオソリハシシギ
Common Names in Russian:
Maly Veretennik, Веретенник малый, Малый веретенник
Common Names in Spanish:
Aguja Colipinta, Picopando Cola Barrada
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Avialae
()
- Gauthier, 1986
- Infraclass:
Aves
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cohort:
Neognathae
()
- Pycraft, 1900
- Superorder:
Charadriimorphae
()
- Huxley, 1867
- Order:
Charadriiformes
()
- Huxley, 1867
- Suborder:
Limicolae
()
- Beddard, 1898
- Infraorder:
Scolopacides
()
- Strauch, 1978
- Parvorder:
Scolopacida
()
- Superfamily:
Scolopacoidea
()
- Vigors, 1825
- Family:
Scolopacidae
()
- Vigors, 1825
- Family:
Scolopacidae
(
- Superfamily:
Scolopacoidea
(
- Parvorder:
Scolopacida
(
- Infraorder:
Scolopacides
(
- Suborder:
Limicolae
(
- Order:
Charadriiformes
(
- Superorder:
Charadriimorphae
(
- Cohort:
Neognathae
(
- Infraclass:
Aves
(
- Subclass:
Avialae
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Limosa lapponica (Linnaeus
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: June 24, 1996.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Limosa
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 10 species and subspecies in this genus:
L. fedoa (Straight-Billed Curlew) · L. fedoa beringiae (Beringian Marbled Godwit) · L. fedoa fedoa (Straight-Billed Curlew) · L. haemastica (American Black-Tailed Godwit) · L. lapponica (White-Rumped Godwit) · L. lapponica baueri (Bar-Tailed Godwit) · L. lapponica lapponica (Bar-Tailed Godwit) · L. limosa (Black-Tailed Godwit) · L. limosa islandica (Black-Tailed Godwit) · L. limosa limosa (Black-Tailed Godwit)
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Further Reading
- A hand-list of British birds, with an account of the distribution of each species in the British Isles and abroad. By Ernst Hartert, F. C. R. Jourdain, N. F. Ticehurst and H. F. Withersby. London, Witherby, 1912. url p. 186, p. 228.
- A hand-list of genera and species of birds of the Indian empire, by E. C. Stuart Baker. .. Bombay, Printed by order of the committee of the Bombay natural history society[1923] url p. 217.
- Birds of the Chukchi Peninsula and Wrangel Island = (Ptitsy Chukotskogo poluostrova i ostrova Vrangelya) / L.A. Portenko; translated from Russian [by P.M. Rao]. New Delhi: Published for the Smithsonian Institution and the National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C., by Amerind Pub. Co., 1981- url p. 347.
- British birds: descriptions of all the commoner species, their nests, and eggs / by F.B. Kirkman; illustrations by A.W. Seaby. London: Dodge Pub. Co., [1913] url p. 67.
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 183, p. 242.
- Catalogue of birds of the Americas and the adjacent islands in Field Museum of Natural History. Charles E. Hellmayr, Boardman Conover. 13 1948 Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1948. url p. 102, p. 103.
- Check-list of North American birds / prepared by a committee of the American ornithologists' union. Lancaster, Pa.: The Union, 1931. url p. 124, p. 395.
- Check-list of North American birds, New York, American ornithologists' union, 1910. url .
- Check-list of North American birds. [Ithaca, N.Y.]1957. url p. 205.
- Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931-1987. url p. 264.
- Guide to the birds of Europe and North Africa. With a biographical memoir by William Eagle Clarke. London, Gurney and Jackson, 1923. url p. 284.
- The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. Bombay: The Society, url p. 864.
- The Scottish naturalist. Arbroath [etc.]T. Buncle & Co. [etc.] url , p. 126, p. 155, p. 196, p. 227.
- The birds of North and Middle America: a descriptive catalogue of the higher groups, genera, species, and subspecies of birds known to occur in North America, from the Arctic lands to the Isthmus of Panama, the West Indies and other island Washington: Govt. Print. Off., 1901- url .
- The birds of southeastern Madagascar / Steven M. Goodman. .. [et al.]. 87 1997 [Chicago, Ill.]: Field Museum of Natural History, c1997. url p. 38.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 14, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2567162
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-176688
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13815843
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 176688
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 406490
