Hudsonian Godwit

Limosa haemastica (Linnaeus, 1758)

Hudsonian Godwit, Limosa haemastica, breeds patchily in low Arctic bogs close to the treeline across Alaska and northern Canada, and spends the nonbreeding season mainly in temperate coastal wetlands of southern South America. It is a member of the sandpiper family, Scolopacidae, and is a long-distance migrant. Its breeding sites include western Alaska, northern and southern Northwest Territories, and the south-west shores of Hudson Bay in northern Manitoba and northern Ontario. Outside the breeding season it is highly localised from northern Peru to southern Chile, and from eastern Brazil to Argentina.

Order

Charadriiformes

Family

Scolopacidae — Sandpipers, Snipes

Breeding range

North America: patchily in low Arctic bogs near treeline, w Alaska to c Canada: w, sc Alaska, n and sc NWT, sw shores of Hudson Bay in n Manitoba and n Ontario (ec Canada)

Nonbreeding range

mainly temperate coastal wetlands of s South America; highly localized: n Peru to s Chile (e South Pacific) and s Brazil to s Argentina (w South Atlantic)