Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Sandpipers and Allies :: Hudsonian Godwit

Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica

Described by: Linnaeus (1758)
Alternate common name(s): None known by website authors
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana, USA - Jun 1, 2001 © Clint Murray  Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana, USA - Jun 1, 2001 © Clint Murray  Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana, USA - Jun 1, 2001 © Clint Murray  South Beach, Cape Cod National Seashore, Chatham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA - Jul 27, 2002 © Glen Tepke  South Beach, Cape Cod National Seashore, Chatham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA - Jul 27, 2002 © Glen Tepke 
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Range

Alaska and arctic Canada;
Four widely separated populations;
Nw. and sc. Alaska (Cook Inlet area, probably Kotzebue Sound, and Norton Bay). N. Mackenzie (mouth of the Mackenzie River). Nw. British Colombia (Chilcat Pass). Ne. Manitoba and nw. Ontario along coast of s. Hudson Bay.
Winter in South America in Uruguay (Departments of Maldonado and Rocha) to Tierra del Fuego.

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

No sounds are available for this species

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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