BAR-TAILED GODWIT

Photographed at Miranda, June 2017

(*   208)                    BAR-TAILED GODWIT                Limosa lapponica

NEW ZEALAND                 44

Breeds in Arctic in Eurasia and Alaska; eastern race baueri migrates to Australasia, especially NZ estuaries, sandy beaches and shores of coastal lakes; each summer c. 90,000 visit with c. 10% staying for winter.

BAR-TAILED GODWIT

Photographed near Manly, Queensland, August 2014. Birds in non-breeding plumage.

208       BAR-TAILED GODWIT          Limosa lapponica

Australia         (208)

38-46 cm, female larger. Found on tidal mudflats, estuaries, shallow river margins, and flooded pastures. Range on mainland Australia except in driest e. of WA, ranges around coast of Tasmania. The god wit breeds in ne. Siberia and nw. Alaska and migrates to Indonesia and Australia, will sometimes winter here.

Photographed near Manly, Queensland, August 2014. 

Photography NSW Central Coast, October, 2014

Photography NSW Central Coast, October, 2014

Photography NSW Central Coast, October, 2014

Photographed near Barwon Heads, Victoria