Hudsonian Godwit

The Hudsonian Godwit (Limosa haemastica) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Scolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies) in the order Charadriiformes.

Range: breeds patchily in low Arctic bogs near treeline, in western and south-central Alaska, northern and south-central Northwest Territories, and southwestern Hudson Bay (northwestern to east-central Canada); winters mainly to temperate coastal wetlands, where highly localized, in northern Peru to southern Chile and southern Brazil to southern ArgentinaRange summary from AviList, in English.

Scientific name

Limosa haemastica

Family

Scolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies)

Order

Charadriiformes

IUCN Red List

VUVulnerable

English (US)

Hudsonian Godwit

Described by

(Linnaeus, C, 1758)