Bar-tailed Godwit

Description:

Non-breeding plumage Bar-tailed Godwits fighting. A near-threatened species as per IUCN. The bar-tailed godwit is a relatively short-legged species of godwit. Males average smaller than females but with much overlap; there is also some regional variation in size. The adult has blue-grey legs and a slightly upturned bi-colored bill, pink at the base and black towards the tip. The neck, breast and belly are unbroken brick red in breeding plumage, off white in winter. The back is mottled grey.

Habitat:

Seen at Nalsarovar Bird Sanctuary.