Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
August 2013 | Cairns Esplanade, Queensland, Australia | There are three recognized subspecies of Bar-tailed Godwit. The "baueri" subspecies breeds across the Arctic tundra of northeastern Asia and western Alaska and migrates to Australia and New Zealand for the non-breeding season. Birds breeding in Alaska regularly undertake a non-stop trans-Pacific flight spanning over 12,000km and lasting over 9 days during their southbound migration; all without stopping to feed, drink or rest!
Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
August 2013 | Cairns Esplanade, Queensland, Australia | There are three recognized subspecies of Bar-tailed Godwit. The "baueri" subspecies breeds across the Arctic tundra of northeastern Asia and western Alaska and migrates to Australia and New Zealand for the non-breeding season. Birds breeding in Alaska regularly undertake a non-stop trans-Pacific flight spanning over 12,000km and lasting over 9 days during their southbound migration; all without stopping to feed, drink or rest!