---
title: "Grutto"
description: "Limosa limosa — Vogels. The black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa) is a large, long-legged, long-billed shorebird first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/black-tailed-godwit
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Grutto

> Limosa limosa — Vogels. The black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa) is a large, long-legged, long-billed shorebird first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758.

- Scientific name: *Limosa limosa*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Meren en rivieren)
- iNaturalist observations: 30076
- Wikidata: [Q18841](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18841)
- iNaturalist taxon: [3947](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/3947)

## Names

- en: Black-tailed Godwit
- de: Uferschnepfe
- es: Aguja colinegra
- fr: Barge à queue noire
- nl: Grutto
- pt: Maçarico-de-bico-direito
- pl: Rycyk

## Countries with the most observations

RU (7942), GB (4896), PT (1999), NL (1605), FR (1524), IN (1293), ES (1131), IS (908), DE (695), IE (625), TH (462), CN (409)

## Summary

The black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa) is a large, long-legged, long-billed shorebird first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. It is a member of the godwit genus, Limosa. There are four subspecies, all with orange head, neck and chest in breeding plumage and dull grey-brown winter coloration, and distinctive black and white wingbar at all times.
Its breeding range stretches from Iceland through Europe and areas of central Asia. Black-tailed godwits spend (the northern hemisphere) winter in areas as diverse as the Indian subcontinent, Australia, New Zealand, western Europe and west Africa. The species breeds in fens…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-tailed_godwit

## Photo

![Grutto](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/black-tailed-godwit/medium.jpg)

Photo: petehawkins · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/192481560

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/black-tailed-godwit?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).