Bird name:

Hudsonian Godwit

Limosa haemastica

Order

CHARADRIIFORMES

Family

Sandpipers (Scolopacidae)

Code 4

HUGO

Code 6

LIMHAE

ITIS

176690

Breeding Location:

Tundra, Wetlands

Breeding Type:

Monogamous

Breeding Population:

Common to uncommon

Egg Color:

Olive buff to olive brown marked with olive brown

Number of Eggs:

3 - 4

Incubation Days:

22 - 25

Egg Incubator:

Both sexes

Nest Material:

Leaves and grasses.

Migration:

Migratory

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General

Hudsonian Godwit: Large sandpiper with white-scaled, brown-black upperparts and black-barred chestnut-brown underparts. Bill is long, slightly upcurved and pink with black tip. White rump, white wing-bar, and black underwings are visible in flight. Female is duller. Juvenile lacks chestnut-brown tones and has plain, buff-gray underparts.

Range and Habitat

Hudsonian Godwit: Nests on mixed tundra/wetlands in northern Canada and Alaska. Migrates south off the Atlantic coast to South America for the winter. Preferred habitats include muddy, sandy, or rocky shores, freshwater marshes, mudflats, and flooded fields.

Breeding and Nesting

Hudsonian Godwit: Three to four olive buff to olive brown eggs marked with olive brown are laid in a shallow hollow on the ground, lined with dead leaves and fresh grass, and hidden under marsh grass or a shrub. Both parents (female during the day and male at night) incubate the eggs for 22 to 25 days. Young fly at 30 days.

Foraging and Feeding

Hudsonian Godwit: Feeds mostly on insects; also eats crustaceans, mollusks, and marine worms.

Vocalization

Hudsonian Godwit: Utters high-pitched "kae-wit."

Similar Species

Hudsonian Godwit: Marbled Godwit is richer brown with cinnamon-brown underwings and heavily barred breast.

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Underparts

Belly, undertail coverts, chest, flanks, and foreneck.

Upperparts

Back, rump, hindneck, wings, and crown.

Rump

The area between the uppertail coverts and the back of the bird.

4 and 6 letter alpha codes

The four letter common name alpha code is is derived from the first two letters of the common first name and the first two letters of common last name. The six letter species name alpha code is derived from the first three letters of the scientific name (genus) and the first three letters of the scientific name (species). See (1) below for the rules used to create the codes..

Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

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