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Scientific Name: Limosa lapponica (Linnaeus, 1758)
English Name: Bar-tailed Godwit
Local/Bangla Name: Dagilej Jourali (দাগিলেজ জৌরালি)
Photo: Birds of the World
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Scolopacidae
Description:
Tall wader with a bill that is bicolored. The male’s breeding plumage is dark brick-red below, while the female’s is pale orangey; the nonbreeding plumage is gray-brown overall with a white belly, resembling the Black-tailed Godwit. Shows a white rump, a finely barred tail, and rather plain upperwings with only a faint white wing stripe when in flight.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
It was found near Nijhum Dwip area
Environment:
Marine, Freshwater
Main References:
IUCN Bangladesh. 2015. Red List of Bangladesh Volume 3: Birds. IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Bangladesh Country Office, Dhaka, Bangladesh, pp. xvi+676.
Other References:
WorldFish IUCN WCS 2018 A Proposal to Declare a New Marine Protected Area (MPA) Around Nijhum Dwip with Preference to Fisheries
Summary Information for the Declaration of the proposed Nijhum Dwip Marine Protected Area (MPA), 2019.
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