Bar-tailed Godwit

Limosa lapponica

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Cordats)
ClassAves (Aus)
OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
FamilyScolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies)
GenusLimosa (Godwits)
SpeciesLimosa lapponica (Bar-tailed Godwit)

Insufficient data

overall probability at Pacific Rim National Park Reserve

1 Verified records at Pacific Rim National Park Reserve

☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica) is a large and strongly migratory wader in the family Scolopacidae, which feeds on bristle-worms and shellfish on coastal mudflats and estuaries. It has distinctive red breeding plumage, long legs, and a long upturned bill. Bar-tailed godwits breed on Arctic coasts and tundra from Scandinavia to Alaska, and overwinter on coasts in temperate and tropical regions of Australia and New Zealand. The migration of the subspecies Limosa lapponica baueri across the Pacific Ocean from Alaska to New Zealand is the longest known non-stop flight of any bird, and also the longest journey without pausing to feed by any animal. The round-trip migration for this subspecies is over 29,000 km (18,020 mi). Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Pacific Rim National Park Reserve

Limosa fedoa

Limosa haemastica

Numenius hudsonicus

Calidris mauri

Calidris minutilla

Tringa melanoleuca

Numenius phaeopus

Calidris alpina

Calidris alba

Arenaria melanocephala

10–20% · With luck

Limnodromus griseus

5–10% · With luck

Actitis macularius

5–10% · With luck

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📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Bar-tailed Godwit at Pacific Rim National Park Reserve — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Probability
1	Namib-Naukluft National Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	10–20%
2	Abel Tasman National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	10–20%
3	Wadden Sea National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	10–20%
4	Ningaloo Marine Park	🇦🇺 Australia	10–20%
5	Fiordland National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	5–10%
6	Tsavo East National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	<5%
7	iSimangaliso Wetland Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	<5%
8	Snowdonia National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	<5%
9	Doñana National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	<5%
10	Daintree National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	<5%
11	Białowieża National Park	🇵🇱 Poland	<5%
12	Garden Route National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	<5%
13	Paracas National Reserve	🇵🇪 Peru	<5%
14	Hortobágy National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	<5%
15	Rakiura National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	<5%
16	Royal National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	<5%
17	Wilpattu National Park	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	<5%
18	Wrangell-St. Elias National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
19	Yala National Park	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	<5%
20	Kiskunság National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	<5%
21	Olympic National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
22	Table Mountain National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	<5%
23	Sierra de Guadarrama National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	Insufficient data
24	Pacific Rim National Park Reserve	🇨🇦 Canada	Insufficient data
25	Great Bear Rainforest	🇨🇦 Canada	Insufficient data
26	Freycinet National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
27	Addo Elephant National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	Insufficient data
28	Booderee National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
29	Akagera National Park	🇷🇼 Rwanda	Insufficient data
30	Maria Island National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
31	Biebrza National Park	🇵🇱 Poland	Insufficient data
32	Wilsons Promontory National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
33	Fertő-Hanság National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	Insufficient data
34	Kakadu National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
35	Sundarbans National Park	🇮🇳 India	Insufficient data
36	Cairngorms National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	Insufficient data
37	Everglades National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data

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Bar-tailed Godwit

Closest Relatives at Pacific Rim National Park Reserve

Marbled Godwit

Hudsonian Godwit

Hudsonian Whimbrel

Western Sandpiper

Least Sandpiper

Greater Yellowlegs

Whimbrel

Dunlin

Sanderling

Black Turnstone

Short-billed Dowitcher

Spotted Sandpiper

📅 Monthly Probability

☀️ When They're Spotted

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found