Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
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About Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
- Kingdom: Animals
- Phylum: Chordates
- Class: Birds
- Order: Pelicans
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
The bar-tailed godwit 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. Bar-tailed godwits breed on Arctic coasts and tundra from Scandinavia to Alaska, and overwinter on coasts in temperate and tropical regions of Australia and New Zealand. The migration of the subspecies Limosa lapponica baueri across the Pacific Ocean from Alaska to New Zealand is the longest known non-stop flight of any bird, and also the longest journey without pausing to feed by any animal. The round-trip migration for this subspecies is over 29,000 km (18,020 mi).
Source: Wikipedia
Visits
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2003-01-05
West Coast National Park, South AfricaNot 100% sure about location -
2010-05-29
Saint George Island, United States of America -
2012-01-13
Otago Peninsula / Dunedin, New ZealandOn the mudflats at Warrington. -
2012-01-29
Miranda, New Zealand -
2012-11-06
Cairns Esplanade, Australia -
2013-02-02
Pak Thale, Thailand -
2017-01-15
Umm Al Quwain, United Arab Emirates -
2019-10-02
Orkney Islands, England -
2023-04-20
Cape Range National Park, Australia -
2025-02-20
Oued Sous, Morocco
