Scientific Name: Limosa limosa
Common passage migrant and winter visitor to UAE.
| Size: | 37-42 cm long, 63- 74 cm wingspan |
| Habitat: | Coastal mudflats and sandy intertidal zones, also inland saline and freshwater marshes. Inland, more likely to be found in freshwater. |
| IUCN Status: | Near Threatened (NT) |
| Other Status: | Part of the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Water-Birds (AEWA). |
| Did you know? | You can spot Black-Tailed Godwits at Ras Al Khor Wildlife Sanctuary which supports a number of globally threatened species of water-birds. |
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