Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Scolopacidae
Genus
Limosa
 
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Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica

Brian J. McCaffery and Robert E. Gill
Version: 2.0 — Published January 1, 2001

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Figure 1. Breeding distribution of the Bar-tailed Godwit in Alaska. - Range Map
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  • Non-Breeding
Figure 1. Breeding distribution of the Bar-tailed Godwit in Alaska.

The Alaska breeding population spends the nonbreeding season from south-central Oceania, including New Zealand, west to eastern Australasia. See text for details of breeding and nonbreeding distribution of this population, as well as those breeding in Europe and Asia.

Recommended Citation

McCaffery, B. J. and R. E. Gill (2001). Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica), version 2.0. In The Birds of North America (A. F. Poole and F. B. Gill, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bna.581