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Black-tailed Godwit

Black-tailed Godwit - Adult

Photographer

» Ruben Barone Tosco

Location

» Las Galletas (Arona), Tenerife

Country image taken

» Canary Islands

Date

» January, 2017

Equipment

» Pentax K-m with zoom Tamron 70-300 mm

Bird Species

»Limosa limosa - Black-tailed Godwit

Bird Species (French)

»Barge à queue noire

Bird Family

»Scolopacidae - Sandpipers, Snipes

Bird Group

»Charadriiformes Gull, Skua, Tern, Wader

Bird Status

» Near Threatened

Remarks

» This is a regular visitor during migration periods, and also a wintering bird in the Canaries, but in low numbers. In the past it was more abundant in the archipelago, especially in islands like Tenerife.

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