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godwit: see shore bird shore bird, common name for members of the large order Charadriiformes, which includes birds found on coasts and beaches throughout the world. Included in this group are the avocet , curlew , oyster catcher , phalarope , plover , sandpiper , snipe , and stilt .
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Thousands of water birds called black-tailed godwits stop at the marsh in Spain every year as they trek from their northern breeding grounds to their winter homes in Africa.
He and a colleague examined droppings in a salt marsh roosting site of waterbirds called black-tailed godwits.
And 80 percent of black-tailed godwits, refined birds with brown slender bodies and long beaks, call the Dutch polder home.
 
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