Diggles · 1877
Bar-tailed Godwit
Plate 66: Limosa Brisson & Limosa uropygialis
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01Bar-tailed Godwit
Now treated at subspecies rank
The historical name connects to a presently accepted subspecies within a broader species account. Current services may therefore catalogue it at either rank.
Name recorded with the plateLimosa uropygialis
Name used todayLimosa lapponica baueriBar-tailed Godwit
What connects the names
The historical identification is now placed at subspecies rank within a broader accepted species.
High confidence: The source identification and present taxonomy connect directly through the cited evidence.
The bird today
Follow the accepted taxon into present-day biodiversity records, observations and sound identification.
- Publication
- Companion to Gould's Handbook; or, Synopsis of the birds of Australia, Single volume
- Plate
- 98
- Creator
- Silvester Diggles; hand-colouring associated with Rowena Birkett; many subjects after Gould originals
- Holding institution
- Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
- Taxonomic authority
- AviList 2025
- Rights
- Public domain — source record reports no known copyright restrictions.