10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BAR-TAILED GODWIT»
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bar-tailed godwit in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
bar-tailed godwit and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Birds of British Columbia: Nonpasserines: Diurnal Birds ...
Bar-tailed Godwit Umosa lapponica (Linnaeus) BTGO RANGE: Breeds
throughout northern Eurasia and locally in western and northern Alaska. Winters
in southern Eurasia, west Africa, Australia, and New Zealand. Casual along the
Pacific ...
Robert Wayne Campbell, Neil K. Dawe, British Columbia. Wildlife Branch, 1997
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Sasol Southern African Birds: A Photographic Guide
In breeding plumage it has deep chestnut underparts but these are not as
extensive as in the Bar-tailed Godwit. The call is a repeated 'weeka-weeka', given
especially in flight. It frequents large inland lakes, estuaries and coastal lagoons.
Ian Sinclair, Ian Hugh Davidson, 1995
3
Behavioral Adaptation to Interdial Life (Nato Asi Series A, ...
... Knot Knot, Bar-tailed Godwit, Oystercatcher Oystercatcher , Curlew Dunlin,
Knot, Redshank Grey Plover, Redshank, Avoceta Bar-tailed Godwit, Curlew
Dunlin, Redshank Littorinids Patella vulgar is Mytilus edulis My a arenaria
Cerastoderma ...
Guido Chelazzi, Marco Vannini, 1988
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The Black-
tailed Godwit
... occurrence in 100 Austria, distribution in 18 Autumn migration 80; rapid
travelling during 94 Azores, occurrence in 103 Bar-tailed Godwit, distribution of 7,
8 Bathing 79 Belgium, distribution in 17 Bigamy, possible 45 Bill, length
increases with ...
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Birds of the Middle East
Plumage and structure resemble small Bar-tailed Godwit with straight, snipe-like
bill, slightly drooping at tip; legs pale olive-green. In breeding plumage
underparts orange-red, densely barred or spotted blackish; upperparts brown,
narrowly ...
Richard Porter, Simon Aspinall, 2010
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The Helm Guide to Bird Identification
wing, rump and tail patterns. Summer Black-tailed Summer Godwit ofthe race
limosa. Black-tailed Godwit Paler orange head and neck, typically more barring
within the orange breast. Summer Bar-tailed Godwit Extensive summer plumage,
...
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Shorebirds of Australia
... Beach Qld Lesser Sand Plover, Great Knot, 3 Eastem Curlew so Notch P0in.t—
qua Eastem Curlew 1 52 Snoarwater Bay and Broad Sound Qld Bar-tailed
Godwit, whimbrel, Eastern 6 Ctllevr, Great ltnar, Terek Sandpiper, Grey-tailed
Tartlr.
Andrew Geering, Lindsay Agnew, Sandra Harding, 2007
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The Larger Illustrated Guide to Birds of Southern Africa
BAR-TAILED GODWIT Limosa lapponica (288) 38 cm At rest this species
resembles Black-tailed Godwit, but its bill is shorter and slightly upturned, its legs
much shorter and its upperparts browner and more distinctly marked. In flight it
lacks ...
Ian Sinclair, P. A. R. Hockey, 2005
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John Gould's Extinct and Endangered Birds of Australia
(WESTERN ALASKAN AND NORTHERN SIBERIAN SUBSPECIES) LIMOSA
LAPPONICA BAUERI AND LIMOSA LAPPONICA MENZBIERI STATUS The Bar-
tailed Godwit population visiting Australia is VULNERABLE. The species is of
Least ...
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Australian Bird Names: A Complete Guide
Black-tailed Godwit (non-breeding migrant) See family introduction. The black tail
neatly distinguishes it from Bar-tailed Godwit, the only other godwit regularly
seen in Australia; the name, however, is based on Gould's name L. meluranoides
, ...
Jeannie Gray, Ian Fraser, 2013
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BAR-TAILED GODWIT»
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bar-tailed godwit is used in the context of the following news items.
China's massive seawalls decimate godwit populations
New Zealand's bar-tailed godwit population is predicted to halve in the next 10 years with research pointing to China's massive habitat ... «Nelson Mail, Jun 15»
Bird conservation charity appeals for help with storage
The bar-tailed godwit makes the incredible journey every year from Alaska to New Zealand, stopping on the way at the Yellow Sea. But habitats ... «Milton Keynes Citizen, Jun 15»
Audubon speaker Scott Weidensaul celebrates the wonder of bird …
Weidensaul recounted the travels of the bar-tailed godwit, a dove-sized shorebird spending its summers in Alaska. During the winter ... «Helena Independent Record, Jun 15»
Flight Lines: Bird banding helps research
It was a description of the migration of the bar-tailed godwit, specifically the discovery that these shorebirds, after nesting in summer in Alaska, ... «West Fargo Pioneer, May 15»
The plight of migratory shorebirds
Fuller says migratory birds are those at most risk, with the likes of the Eastern Curlew and Bar-tailed Godwit declining. He says that indicates ... «ABC Online, May 15»
Gudirr Gudirr is Australian dance with a universal message
Its title references the alarm song of the bar-tailed godwit, a coastal wader known to the Yawuru as the guwayi bird and ornithologically famous ... «Toronto Star, May 15»
Celebrating the birds of the Stikine
One bar-tailed godwit was documented flying 11 thousand miles in six days (from Alaska to New Zealand.) Shortly after that, it traveled to China ... «Juneau Empire, May 15»
Seen in New Jersey: Shorebirds remain a favorite
But stealing the show was a breeding-plumaged bar-tailed godwit, a bird with slightly more than a half-dozen records for New Jersey. «NJ.com, May 15»
Stunning pics from the German Nature Photography of the Year …
''Resting place' by Jessica Winter, Bar-tailed godwit and knots, Holland. Picture: GNPY 2015/Jessica Winter/GDT Source: Supplied ... «NEWS.com.au, May 15»
12 Truly Amazing Animal Migrations | The Weather Channel
Another, the bar-tailed godwit, travels for nine days without stopping. “They absorb their own guts before they go, to make room for more fat (i.e., ... «The Weather Channel, Apr 15»
