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Black-Tailed Godwit - Limosa limosa - Grutto
Eurasia. Winters to Africa and Australia.
The following 4 subspecies are being recognized:
Limosa limosa islandica - Iceland, Faroe and Shetlands Island, North-Norway. Winters to Southwest-Europe;
Limosa limosa limosa - West- and Central-Europe to Central-Asia. Winters to Mediterranean, Africa and India;
Limosa limosa melanuroides - Central- and East-Asia. Winters to India, Southeast-Asia and Australia;
Limosa limosa bohaii - Russian Far East. Winters to Northeast-China, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia.
Of this species there are also Nature Photo's available.