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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 ...
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The genus Limnodromus was introduced in 1833 by the German naturalist Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied to accommodate a single species, the short-billed dowitcher. [4] [5] The name combines the Ancient Greek limnē meaning "marsh" with -dromos meaning "-racer" or "-runner".
Original – Bar-tailed Godwit in breeding plumage Reason High EV and good clarity Articles in which this image appears Bar-tailed Godwit, List of Charadriiformes by population FP category for this image Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds Creator Andreas Trepte. Support as nominator--Tomer T 08:18, 10 April 2013 (UTC)
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The Hudsonian godwit (Limosa haemastica) is a large shorebird in the sandpiper family, Scolopacidae. It is a long distance migratory species that breeds at remote sites in northern Canada and winters in southern South America. The genus name Limosa is from Latin and means "muddy", from limus, "mud".