Black-tailed Godwit

Home>index>Black-tailed Godwit

Foreshore, Cairns North, FNE Qld IMG_4149 20190828 - CLICK to see white wing-bar, uppertail-coverts & lower rump,
black tail.

Notes: Large. Long, straight bill. White wing-bar, uppertail-coverts & lower rump. Black tail.
Extensive toe-trailing in flight. Non-breeding: smooth grey-brown upper parts & neck; white belly
& vent. Breeding: plumage largely rufous; bold barring on sides of underparts. Often w. larger
Bar-tailed Godwits. Breeds in S Siberia. Summer here in inland wetlands, coasts.

Range from eBird^©(last 10 years)

Foreshore, Cairns North, FNE Qld IMG_5225 20231006. CLICK for pic w. Great Knots. 20250119.

Foreshore Esplanade, Cairns, FN Qld IMG_1785 20191026 - w. Bar-tailed Godwit & Asian Dowitcher in foreground.
CLICK for pic before the dowitcher flew.

Foreshore, Esplanade, Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_7486 20221118 - CLICK and flying off.

Foreshore, Cairns North, FNE Qld IMG_2681 20201128

Foreshore, Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_4727 20231005 - with Bar-tailed Godwit. CLICK for another pic.

Roebuck Bay, Broome, NW WA IMG_2785 20180913

Foreshore, Karumba Point, FN Qld IMG_7085 20200928

Foreshore, Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_4729 20231005 - Young (2nd year) Black-tailed Godwit w. Bar-tailed Godwit.CLICK for closeup.

Esplanade, Cairns, FN Qld MVI_6875+76+80 20171019

Esplanade, Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_5756 20240908 - feeding with Great Knots.

Esplanade, Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_xxxx 20240908