Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Subclass Passerae > Superorder Ciconiimorphae > Order Charadriiformes > Suborder Charadrii > Superfamily Scolopacoidea > Family Scolopacidae > Genus Limosa

Limosa limosa (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Limosa*	Brisson, 1760	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Scolopax limosa*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: gjelaci bishtzi; gjelëza e madhe bishtzezë sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Bulgarian: Черноопашат крайбрежен бекас sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: stor kobbersneppe sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: grutto sources: Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp.

English: black-tailed godwit sources: Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London.

French: barge à queue noire sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

German: Uferschnepfe sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Ευρωπαϊκή Λιμόζα sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Hebrew: לימוזה מצויה sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: pittima reale sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Japanese: オグロシギ sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Lithuanian: griciukas sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: svarthalespove sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: svarthalespove sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: svarthalespove sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: rycyk; szlamnik rycyk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Romanian: sitarul de mal sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: большой веретенник sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Scottish Gaelic: guilbneach earrdhubh sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: črnorepi kljunač sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: aguja colinegra sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: rödspov sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: camur cullugu; çamur çulluğu sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Великий грицик; Грицик великий sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: rhostog gynffonddu

Literature

basis of record	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Gallardo, J. C.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. Pp. 1321–1342.
additional source	Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London.
additional source	Peterson, R.T.; Peterson, V.M. (2002). A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. Fifth Edition. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.
additional source	King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 431-554.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.