Hudsonian godwit Limosa haemastica
Identification Tips:
Length: 13 inches
Large shorebird
Long upturned bill, pink at base and dark at tip
Black wing linings contrasting with white bases to flight feathers
White wing stripe ...
Hudsonian Godwit (Limosa haemastica)
Chilean name: Zarapito pico recto ...
Hudsonian Godwits breed at only a few known sites in the northern boreal forest, from Canada's Hudson Bay to the shores of western and southern Alaska.
Hudsonian Godwit Behaviour
No observations regarding Hudsonian Godwit behavior have been submitted to the database yet.
Interesting Facts about Hudsonian Godwits ...
Hudsonian Godwit
(Limosa haemastica)
Status: Vagrant.
Last recorded on site in 2003
The Patuxent web-site provides more general information about this species.
Found in South Dakota during the spring migration, the Hudsonian Godwit migrates off the Atlantic Coast during the fall migration. They have the typical "Godwit bill", slightly upcurved and two-toned.
Hudsonian Godwit
Limosa haemastica (Linnaeus)
Status Uncommon transient. Fall migrant individuals and small flocks begin to arrive in July (average 18 July, earliest 1 July), and larger numbers occur in August and early September.
Hudsonian Godwit
Photo from the Southwestern Louisiana Birding page.
THE HUDSONIAN GODWIT.
[Hudsonian Godwit.]
LIMOSA HUDSONICA, Lath.
[Limosa haemastica.] ...
Hudsonian Godwit, Limosa haemastica
Bar-tailed Godwit, Limosa lapponica - A female Bar-tailed Godwit holds the record for the longest non-stop flight for a land bird.
Marbled Godwit, Limosa fedoa ...
Hudsonian Godwit (40): A very remarkable sighting of a migrating flock southbound late in the afternoon low over the water over Nantucket Shoals Next landfall Argentina?
Ruddy Turnstone (1): Circling the boat along the shelf edge.
Hudsonian Godwit
Summer Sighting Information: uncommon
Nest on or near Refuge? no
Marbled Godwit
Summer Sighting Information: uncommon
Nest on or near Refuge? no ...
Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica. Occasional in spring and fall in Gulf Coast and Tennessee Valley regions. Found in meadows, grain fields, flooded fields, and on mudflats.
Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica: Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, NY, 30 Jul
Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa: Upper Newport Bay Ecological Reserve, Newport Beach, CA, 01 Jan ...
Hudsonian Godwit, Limosa haemastica
Bar-tailed Godwit, Limosa lapponica
Whimbrel, Numenius phaeopus
Slender-billed Curlew, Numenius tenuirostris
Eurasian Curlew, Numenius arquata
Upland Sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda ...
fedoa, easily recognized by its size and the buff colour of its axillaries, and the smaller Hudsonian godwit, L. hudsonica, which has its axillaries of a deep black.
Mingling with the bar-tailed godwits bound for New Zealand, are Hudsonian godwits, aiming for Tierra del Fuego; northern wheatears traveling across Asia for wintering grounds in Africa, ...
 See also: Godwit, Sandpiper, Curlew, Stilt, Snipe
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