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Where does the Black-tailed Godwit live?

Limosa limosa has 1,292,074 records in 157 countries and territories, from 1821 to 2026. Most records come from Netherlands.

Black-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit — Andreas Trepte / CC BY-SA 2.5 · source
AnimaliaChordataAvesCharadriiformesScolopacidaeLimosa

When it is recorded

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Peak month: April. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Netherlands 462,551
United Kingdom 190,460
Sweden 93,864
Spain 62,937
Belgium 60,477
France 53,604
India 52,196
Portugal 42,245
Denmark 38,138
Australia 29,152
Iceland 23,999
Norway 23,228
Ireland 15,588
Taiwan 13,701
Russia 12,235
Germany 11,477
Thailand 10,668
Israel 7,374
Finland 7,054
China 6,644
Poland 5,592
United Arab Emirates 4,792
Austria 3,913
Sri Lanka 3,792
Hungary 3,738
Türkiye 3,721
Ukraine 3,360
Hong Kong 2,653
Oman 2,433
Morocco 2,347
Greece 2,145
Italy 1,889
South Korea 1,866
Mongolia 1,776
Japan 1,739
Bulgaria 1,675
Romania 1,549
Iran 1,515
Estonia 1,486
United States 1,446

Showing the top 40 of 157 places.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.