SPECIES

Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica Scientific name definitions

Brian J. McCaffery and Robert E. Gill
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020

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Recommended Citation

McCaffery, B. J. and R. E. Gill (2020). Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (S. M. Billerman, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.batgod.01