Sunday, May 28, 2017

BLACK-TAILED GODWIT

March 2017
(*  513)                BLACK-TAILED GODWIT             Limosa limosa

SRI LANKA          140

Found on the banks and in shallow waters of freshwaters, coastal lagoons and tidal mudflats. 36-44 cm. Common winter migrant (race limosa) to mainly coastal area of dry lowlands, rare in wet zone coast; race melanuroides has occurred as a vagrant.




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