Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 ...
The binomial name for the common ostrich, Struthio camelus, means camel sparrow in Greek, alluding to the animal's long neck. The ostrich is a flightless bird native to Africa. It is the largest living species of bird. It is distinctive in its appearance, with a long neck and legs and the ability to run at high speeds.
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) A – winter visitor and passage migrant Black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa) A – winter visitor, passage migrant and scarce summer breeding species Hudsonian godwit (Limosa haemastica) A – rare vagrant Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) A – winter visitor and passage migrant Great knot (Calidris tenuirostris)
Name Binomial Subspecies Status IUCN Whimbrel. Numenius phaeopus: Least Concern Little curlew. Numenius minutus: Least Concern (A) Slender-billed curlew. Numenius tenuirostris: Critically Endangered (A) Eurasian curlew. Numenius arquata: Near Threatened Bar-tailed godwit. Limosa lapponica: Near Threatened Black-tailed godwit. Limosa limosa ...
This is a list of the bird species recorded in Southern Africa.Southern Africa is defined as Africa south of a line between the Kunene and Zambezi rivers, encompassing Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, mainland South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini and southern and central Mozambique, as well as oceanic waters within 200 nautical miles (370 km) of the coast, covering approximately 3.5 million square ...
In this list of birds by common name 11,278 extant and recently extinct (since 1500) bird species are recognised. [1] Species marked with a "†" are extinct. Contents