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Bar-Tailed Godwit - Limosa lapponica - Rosse Grutto
Eurasia. Winters to Africa, India, Australia and New Zealand.
The following 5 subspecies are being recognized:
Limosa lapponica lapponica - Lapland to Kanin peninsula. Winters to Southwest-Europe and West-Africa;
Limosa lapponica yamalensis - Northwest-Siberia. Winters West-India, Oman and eastcoast of Africa;
Limosa lapponica taymyrensis - Northwest--Siberia east to River Anabar. Winters to Africa east to West-India;
Limosa lapponica menzbieri - North-Siberia. Winters to Southeast-Asia to coastal Australia and Tasmania;
Limosa lapponica baueri - Northeast-Siberia to West-Alaska. Winters from China to New Zealand.
Of this species there are no Zoo Photo's available.