Common winter migrant to the coastal areas of the dry zone and also
to the some inland water bodies. During
its stay here Black-tailed Godwit inhabits marshes, coastal mudflats, lagoons,
paddy fields and tanks singly or as small to large flocks. Black-tailed Godwit was formerly considered
as a rare vagrant but in 1944 W.W.A Phillips recorded 200 to 300 birds at
Mullativu lagoon (Phillips W.W.A 1978) and since then it has become a common
winter visitor to the island. It breeds in Europe and Western Asia.
