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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.
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]
Bar-tailed godwit: Limosa lapponica: Scolopacidae: 6,000 metres (20,000 feet) [5] [9] It can reach this height while migrating. White stork: Ciconia ciconia: Ciconiidae: 4,800 metres (16,000 feet). [9] It can reach this height while migrating.
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 ...
Bar-tailed godwit, Limosa lapponica (R) Hudsonian godwit, Limosa haemastica (R) Marbled godwit, Limosa fedoa; Ruddy turnstone, Arenaria interpres; Black turnstone, Arenaria melanocephala; Great knot, Calidris tenuirostris (R) Red knot, Calidris canutus; Surfbird, Calidris virgata; Ruff, Calidris pugnax; Sharp-tailed sandpiper, Calidris acuminata
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 ...
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