Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Godwits Bar-tailed Godwit Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Charadriiformes Family†: Scolopacidae Genera Limosa † see also: wader The godwits and their allies are a group of large, long-billed, long-legged and strongly migratory wading birds. They form large flocks on coasts and estuaries in winter. They can be distinguished from the related curlews by their straight or slightly upturned bills, and from the dowitchers by their longer legs. The winter plumages are fairly drab, but three species have reddish underparts when breeding. The females are appreciably larger than the males. Family: Scolopacidae (part) Black-tailed Godwit, Limosa limosa Hudsonian Godwit, Limosa haemastica Bar-tailed Godwit, Limosa lapponica Marbled Godwit, Limosa fedoa This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.