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The bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica) is a large and strongly migratory wader in the family Scolopacidae, which feeds on bristle-worms and shellfish on coastal mudflats and estuaries. It has distinctive red breeding plumage, long legs, and a long upturned bill.
In 2020 a male bar-tailed godwit flew about 12,200 kilometres (7,600 mi) non-stop in its migration from Alaska to New Zealand, previously a record for avian non-stop flight. [3] In October 2022, a 5 month old, male bar-tailed godwit was tracked from Alaska to Tasmania , a trip that took 11 days, and recorded a non-stop flight of 8,400 miles ...
Bar-tailed godwit: Limosa lapponica (Linnaeus, 1758) 11 Black-tailed godwit: Limosa limosa (Linnaeus, 1758) 12 Hudsonian godwit: Limosa haemastica (Linnaeus, 1758) 13 Marbled godwit: Limosa fedoa (Linnaeus, 1758) 14 Asian dowitcher: Limnodromus semipalmatus (Blyth, 1848) 15 Long-billed dowitcher: Limnodromus scolopaceus (Say, 1822) 16 Short ...
A bar-tailed godwit took off from Alaska on Sept. 16 and landed in New Zealand 11 days later, according to the Guardian. Bird sets record for longest nonstop flight, 7,500 miles from Alaska to New ...
Bar-tailed godwit, Limosa lapponica; Black-tailed godwit, Limosa limosa; Hudsonian godwit, ... This page was last edited on 17 January 2025, at 09:40 (UTC).
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Species of migratory birds that were recorded as abundant on the tidal mudflats of Shoalwater Bay during the summer of 1991–1992 include the lesser golden plover (Pluvialis fulva), bar-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa), whimbrel (Numenius madagascariensis), grey-tailed tattler (Tringa brevipes,) red-necked stint (Calidris ruficollis), terek ...