Named for Limosa lapponica, or bar-tailed godwit. {It belongs to the family of the Scolopacidae. In 1994 only 2,200 pairs were counted. The bird does not breed in the Netherlands, but stays there during the winter.} (M 33791; M 34089) _ _.
Discovered on 16-10-1977 in Palomar by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T.