Species profile
Hudsonian Godwit
Limosa haemastica
Quick answer
Breeding regions are NA. Breeding subregions are 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). Non breeding regions are 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).
- Scientific name
- Limosa haemastica
- Family
- Scolopacidae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Genus
- Limosa
- Conservation status
- Not Applicable
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