nonbreeding plumage (California, USA; 2009-11-04)


Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponica

Native Range: North America (breeding grounds)

Notes: breeds in coastal Alaska, winters in central Eurasia to northern Africa and Australia; in breeding plumage, more rufous underneath and on head than other godwits.

a vagrant at photograph location (California, USA; 2009-11-04)