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godwit::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | shore bird, shorebird, limicoline bird |
| Has types | hudsonian godwit, limosa haemastica |
Examples of godwit
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A marbled godwit danced around, digging for food next to a long-billed curlew.
From the sacbee.com
A male bar-tailed godwit with a solar transmitter attached to his leg.
From the washingtonpost.com
Those results make clear that the bar-tailed godwit is not alone.
From the stltoday.com
In addition to Heidenskip, the godwit Warkum was also spotted on 22 June over the Western Sahara.
From the sciencedaily.com
Previously, a bar-tailed godwit, a large wading bird, was the smallest bird tracked by satellite.
From the sciencedaily.com
Every autumn the bar-tailed godwit undertakes an eight-day journey from Alaska to New Zealand.
From the sciencedaily.com
Then when spring comes, the bar-tailed godwit makes the 11,000-kilometre journey back to Alaska.
From the sciencedaily.com
A bird like a bar-tailed godwit cannot rely on the tricks used by birds that take short migrations.
From the post-gazette.com
The bar-tailed godwit has very low energy consumption, but this is not enough to explain its success.
From the sciencedaily.com
- Large wading bird that resembles a curlew; has a long slightly upturned bill
- The godwits are a group of large, long-billed, long-legged and strongly migratory wading birds of the genus Limosa. They form large flocks on coasts and estuaries in winter.
- (Godwits) Migrate to New Zealand each year from Alaska and Siberia along the Pacific Flyway. They arrive each September (spring) and leave each April (autumn). It is believed the birds from Alaska make the 1600km journey in one, continuous flight.
