Bar-tailed godwit: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the bar-tailed godwit lives – recorded in 61 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Limosa lapponica
Group	Waders, gulls, terns & auks
Status	Near threatened (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	61 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania
Mass	313 g (male organism, adult weight); 354 g (female organism, adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Charadriiformes
Family	Scolopacidae

Where does the bar-tailed godwit live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the bar-tailed godwit in 61 countries and territories across Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and Oceania. Wikidata gives its range as: Nanling Mountains, Africa, Brazil, South America.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a bar-tailed godwit?

Wikidata records the following for the bar-tailed godwit: mass 313 g (male organism, adult weight); 354 g (female organism, adult weight).

Is the bar-tailed godwit endangered?

The bar-tailed godwit’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Near threatened” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the bar-tailed godwit?

The bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica) is a bird in the order Charadriiformes and the family Scolopacidae, genus Limosa. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the bar-tailed godwit

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. 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).

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Bar-tailed godwit (revision 1373652716), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q18864 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).