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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.
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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 ...
Wikipedia: Featured pictures/Animals/Birds. 4 languages. ... Bar-tailed godwit, by Andreas Trepte. White-tailed eagle, by Yathin sk. Siberian rubythroat, by JJ Harrison.
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A female bar-tailed godwit made a flight of 29,000 km (18,000 mi), flying 11,680 kilometres (7,260 mi) of it without stopping. [2] 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]