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 Translation for 'black tailed godwit' from English to Icelandic
NOUN   a black-tailed godwit | black-tailed godwits
fuglafr.T
jaðraki {k} [Limosa limosa]
black-tailed godwit
fuglafr.T
jaðrakan {k} [Limosa limosa]
black-tailed godwit
Partial Matches
fuglafr.T
lappajaðrakan {k} [Limosa lapponica]
bar-tailed godwit
fiskifr.T
flensari {k} [Pygocentrus piraya]
Black-tailed Piranha
dýrT
asnahéri {k} [Lepus californicus]
black-tailed jackrabbit
fuglafr.T
hávella {kv} [Clangula hyemalis]
long-tailed duck
dýrT
skrautrófu-lemúr {k} [Lemur catta]
ring-tailed lemur
fuglafr.T
auðnaspjátra {kv} [Pterocles alchata]
pin-tailed sandgrouse
dýrT
ljónshala-makaki {k} [Macaca silenus]
lion-tailed macaque
fuglafr.T
fjallkjói {k} [Stercorarius longicaudus]
long-tailed skua
fuglafr.T
austræna keisaradúfa {kv} [Ducula concinna]
blue-tailed imperial pigeon
dýrT
sólglenna {kv} [Smaug giganteus, syn.: Cordylus giganteus]
giant spiny-tailed lizard
fuglafr.T
fjallkjói {k} [Stercorarius longicaudus]
long-tailed jaeger [Am.]
fuglafr.T
haförn {k} [Haliaeetus albicilla]
white-tailed eagle [Haliaeetus albicilla]
fuglafr.T
haförn {k} [Haliaeetus albicilla]
white-tailed sea eagle [Haliaeetus albicilla]
svartur {adj}black
biksvartur {adj}pitch-black
jarð.
steinkol {hv.ft}
black coal
landaf.
Svartahaf {hv}
Black Sea
almyrkvaður {adj}pitch-black
eðlisfr.
svarthlutur {k}
black body
læknisfr.
svartidauði {k}
black plague
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Usage Examples English
  • The populations of Eurasian whimbrel ("Numenius phaeopus") and black-tailed godwit ("Limosa limosa") are internationally important.
  • It had town rights from 1991 to 2010. The nearby Kalnciems Meadows is a natural habitat for fauna such as the corn crake, spotted crake, and black-tailed godwit.
  • The bird species black-tailed godwit, northern lapwing and Eurasian oystercatcher can all be found in the area.
  • The site has hosted numerous vagrant birds, including Gray-tailed Tattler and Belted Kingfisher, as well as Hawaii's first record of Black-tailed Godwit.
  • Birds that can sometimes be spotted at the bay include the whooper swan, red-throated diver and the black-tailed godwit.

  • In the breeding season the nesting species include common crane, black-tailed godwit, garganey and common snipe.
  • The mudflats support nationally important numbers of black-tailed godwit as well as large populations of wintering waders and wildfowl such as curlew and golden plover.
  • 54 bird species were seen in Tharthar lake including: pallid harrier, European roller, and black-tailed godwit (all near threatened) were recorded on passage and the endemic race of hooded crow cornix capellanus" was present.
  • Known birds visiting the site include the redshank, black-tailed godwit, teal and grey plover.
  • The black-tailed godwit is an interesting case. Although it is present all year, the breeding population actually migrates south, and is replaced by wintering birds of the Icelandic race.

  • This includes providing habitat for threatened species such as the Australasian bittern ("Botaurus poiciloptilus"), black-tailed godwit ("Limosa limosa"), blue-billed duck ("Oxyura australis") and freckled duck ("Stictonetta naevosa").
  • The lagoon attracts a wide variety of water birds including American flamingoes, ducks, garganey, black-tailed godwit and other shorebirds.
  • "Limosa lapponica" is distinguished from the black-tailed godwit ("Limosa limosa") by its black-and-white horizontally-barred (rather than wholly black) tail, and lack of white wing bars.
  • Three bird species occur in internationally important numbers: common shelduck, pied avocet and black-tailed godwit.
  • Everest found skeletons of northern pintail "Anas acuta" and black-tailed godwit "Limosa limosa" at [...] on the Khumbu Glacier.

  • When feeding, the ruff frequently raises its back feathers, producing a loose pointed peak on the back; this habit is shared only by the black-tailed godwit.
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