Godwit
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.
Species are:
Family: Scolopacidae
Species are:
Family: Scolopacidae
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.
Godwits Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Charadriiformes Family†: Scolopacidae
Genera
Limosa
† see also: wader