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Limosa lapponia baueriNaumann, JF, 1836

Bar-tailed godwit (Eastern)

Image acquired with permission from the Natural History Museum at Tring, United Kingdom. Specimen collected by A. R. Wallace. Specimen locality: Gilolo
Label transcription: [Collected by A.R. Wallace. 1859 Limosa rufa E. Gilolo. 87.]

NOTE:
Species known to occur in Singapore.
Imaged Wallace Specimen from Gilolo.

Taxon Information

Classification:
Vertebrata: Aves: Charadriiformes: Scolopacidae (Sandpipers & Snipes)
Taxon Name (original as given on label):
Limosa rufa
Collector:
A.R. Wallace
Locality of Specimen:
Gilolo
Specimen Repository:
Natural History Museum Tring