Bar-tailed Godwit
Bar-tailed Godwit (<em>Limosa lapponica</em>) is a species of Sandpipers, Snipes (<em>Scolopacidae</em>) in the order Shorebirds, Gulls and Alcids.
Overview
Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) is a species of Sandpipers, Snipes (Scolopacidae) in the order Shorebirds, Gulls and Alcids. A wader with an upturned bill that makes one of the longest non-stop flights of any bird, crossing the Pacific from Alaska to New Zealand; probes mudflats for worms and molluscs.
Scientific Classification
Genus: Limosa; binomial: Limosa lapponica; authority: (Linnaeus, 1758). Typical size: 37-41cm. Average lifespan: 10-20 years.
Distribution
Breeding range: the Palearctic. Non-breeding range: AF, OR, AU : mainly temperate to tropical coasts: British Isles, s Europe, w Mediterranean, Africa, Malagasy region through Middle East, Indian subcontinent, se Asia, Indonesian Arch.; Ryukyu Is. (s Japan), se China, Taiwan, Philippines, Australasia from New Guinea region to Melanesia and New Zealand, and Fiji (sw Polynesia).
Conservation Status
This taxon is listed as Extant (living) in the IOC World Bird List.
Remarks
No additional remarks recorded.
