Definition of Limosa haemastica

1. Noun. New World godwit.

Exact synonyms: Hudsonian Godwit
Generic synonyms: Godwit

Lexicographical Neighbors of Limosa Haemastica

Limerickman
Limerickmen
Limeyland
Limnatis nilotica
Limnobium
Limnocryptes
Limnocryptes minima
Limnodium spongia
Limnodromus
Limnodromus griseus
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Limnos
Limoges
Limonium
Limosa
Limosa haemastica
Limousin
Limousine
Limpopo
Limulidae
Limulus polyphemus
Lin
Lina
Linanthus
Linanthus dianthiflorus
Linanthus dichotomus
Linaria
Linaria canadensis
Linaria vulgaris
Lincocin

Literary usage of Limosa haemastica

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Code of Nomenclature and Check-list of North American Birds Adopted by by American Ornithologists' Union (1886)
"... from Australia to Alaska. On the American coast recorded south of Alaska only from Lower California. 251. limosa haemastica (LINN.). Hudsonian Godwit. ..."

2. Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America: With Introductory Chapters on by Frank Michler Chapman (1912)
"... double-noted call makes it conspicuous. It is rare on the Atlantic coast. 1907. BENT, AC, Auk, XXIV, 160-167 (nesting). 251. limosa haemastica (Linn.). ..."

3. The Bird Book: Illustrating in Natural Colors More Than Seven Hundred North by Chester Albert Reed (1914)
"limosa haemastica Range.—North America, east of the Rocky Mountains, breeding in the Arctic regions and wintering south of the United States. Brownish. ..."

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