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Hudsonian godwit migration Limosa haemastica
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| Scientific name | Limosa haemastica |
|---|---|
| Wingspan | 73 cm |
| Adult weight | 222 g (male), 289 g (female) |
| IUCN status | Vulnerable |
| Records mapped | 139,248 (GBIF) |
| GPS / geolocator tracks | none with an open licence yet |
Facts from Wikidata Q283458 (CC0).
Migration in the data
139,248 GBIF records (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 licences only) are mapped here, in 1.41° grid cells, month by month.
In the Americas, the centre of the records (adjusted for observer effort) is furthest north in August (about 36°N) and furthest south in March (about 39°S).
More than half of the effort-adjusted signal there is south of the Equator in: January, February, March, April, October, November, December.
Month by month: centre of records in the Americas
| Month | Centre (latitude) | South of the Equator |
|---|---|---|
| January | 38°S | 100% |
| February | 37°S | 100% |
| March | 39°S | 100% |
| April | 2°N | 51% |
| May | 23°N | 30% |
| June | 35°N | 26% |
| July | 32°N | 25% |
| August | 36°N | 18% |
| September | 11°N | 45% |
| October | 3°N | 51% |
| November | 21°S | 80% |
| December | 39°S | 99% |
Tracked birds
No openly licensed (CC0 / CC BY) tracking data package for this species was found in the Movebank Data Repository yet, so only records are shown.
About the hudsonian godwit
The Hudsonian godwit is a large shorebird in the sandpiper family, Scolopacidae. It is an extreme long-distance migrant, breeding at remote sites in Subarctic North America and flying nonstop in the fall to wintering sites in southern South America. …
From the Wikipedia article “Hudsonian godwit” (revision 1380685004), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sources
GBIF occurrence records, licence CC0 1.0 or CC BY 4.0 only, observations only (no specimens), filtered with: taxonKey=2481680&license=CC0_1_0&license=CC_BY_4_0&occurrenceStatus=PRESENT&hasGeospatialIssue=false&basisOfRecord=HUMAN_OBSERVATION&basisOfRecord=MACHINE_OBSERVATION&basisOfRecord=OBSERVATION. Monthly queries: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec. GBIF.org (23 October 2026) occurrence data accessed via the GBIF API; a GBIF download DOI is still to be added. Contributing datasets.