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Bar-tailed Godwit

Bar-tailed Godwit - Adult in winter plumage

Photographer

» Ruben Barone Tosco

Location

» Puertito de Güímar (Güímar), Tenerife

Country image taken

» Canary Islands

Date

» February, 2020

Equipment

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

Bird Species

»Limosa lapponica - Bar-tailed Godwit

Bird Species (French)

»Barge rousse

Bird Family

»Scolopacidae - Sandpipers, Snipes

Bird Group

»Charadriiformes Gull, Skua, Tern, Wader

Bird Status

» Least Concern

Remarks

» The bird shown in the image was quite tame and spent at least part of the winter in the area. In the opinion of Richard Chandler (expert in wader identification), this bird is an adult or a third calendar individual close to adult plumage.

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