Bar-tailed godwit vs Black-tailed godwit
Size and range side by side, using only figures recorded in Wikidata.
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| Bar-tailed godwit | Black-tailed godwit | |
|---|---|---|
| Scientific name | Limosa lapponica | Limosa limosa |
| Mass | 313 g (male adult) 354 g (female adult) Wikidata | 264 g (male adult) 315 g (female adult) Wikidata |
| Lives in | Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania | Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania |
| Status | Near threatened | Near threatened |
Quick answers
- Which is bigger, the Bar-tailed godwit or the Black-tailed godwit?
- Their recorded weights overlap, so neither is clearly heavier.
- Where do they live?
- Bar-tailed godwit: Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania. Black-tailed godwit: Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania (continents with GBIF records).
About them
Bar-tailed godwit
The bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica) is a large and strongly migratory wader in the family Scolopacidae, which feeds on bristle-worms and shellfish on coastal mudflats and estuaries.
Black-tailed godwit
The black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa) is a large, long-legged, long-billed shorebird first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758.
Mass: Wikidata (CC0) statements without qualifiers or qualified male/female/adult (birth weights left out). Descriptions: first sentence of the English Wikipedia articles (CC BY-SA 4.0), linked from each animal page.