Bar tailed godwit in non-breeding plumage. Photo: Matt Winter

Bar-tailed godwit / kuaka

April 2020

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Bar-tailed godwits/kuaka spend half their lives in western Alaska and the other half in Australia and New Zealand. Their twice-yearly journeys to each hemisphere are the longest nonstop flights of any non-seabird.

Conservation statusNative species classified as declining. FeaturesIn general, bar-tailed godwits are predominantly brown on their upper parts and pale below, giving an overall impression of a brown and white  mottled look. Males have shorter bills and are noticeably smaller (400g) than females (600g). When in non-breeding plumage, both sexes are hard to tell apart. During […]
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