Bar-tailed Godwit

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.