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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 ...
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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Godwit; B. Bar-tailed godwit; Black-tailed godwit; H. Hudsonian godwit; M. Marbled godwit This page was last edited on 1 July 2020, at 01:52 (UTC). Text is available ...
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Southern banded snake eagle; Pallid harrier; ... Bar-tailed godwit; Black-tailed godwit; Eurasian curlew; ... Fox's weaver; Bird-of-paradise species
Scolopacidae is a large family of shorebirds, or waders, which mainly includes many species known as sandpipers, but also others such as woodcocks, curlews and snipes.Most of these species eat small invertebrates picked out of the mud or soil.