GFN commenced colour-banding Black-tailed Godwits on July 5 2010. some bar-tailed godwits). Has less white on rufous underparts than Black-tailed Godwit L. limosa. Non-breeding adults have pale grey-brown upperparts, partly edged whitish, breast turns grey with fine dark streaking, underparts white (Van Gils and Wiersma 1996). Satellite Tracking 2008 Join us as we follow the amazing journeys of the Bar-tailed Godwit. In 2001 the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (Royal NIOZ) launched a study on the ecology of Bar-tailed Godwit. IN 2007 scientists and enthusiasts from across the planet were glued to Google Earth as they followed the incredible journeys of 16 Bar-tailed Godwits. The population of subspecies baueri (eastern bar-tailed godwit ) is likely less than 150,000 birds, 75,000 of which occur in New Zealand. … BLACK-TAILED GODWIT INTRODUCTION. Some individuals from the East Asia/Australasia Flyway population made a nonstop flight of over 11,000km, the longest continuous journey that has ever been recorded for a landbird. The incredible godwit migration. In addition to the mainly shellfish eating Red Knot, which we have been studying since the late 1980s, we wanted to learn more about the ecology of … Migratory shorebirds of the East Asian—Australasian Flyway breed in parts of northeast Asia (eastern Siberia and China), to as far west as the Taymyr Peninsula in the far north of Russia and as far east as Alaska (e.g. Bar-tailed godwits are fully protected in New Zealand. Similar spp. Introduction ... A bar-tailed godwit at rest on a roost in New Zealand. Protection of the New Zealand populations of Bar-tailed Godwits and Red Knots requires engagement with partners as far away as Russia and USA, but in particular China and North Korea. They leave from Alaska in the northern autumn, and until recently it was assumed they followed a coastal route southwards that would allow them to feed and rest along the way. The best science we have shows that declines in both of these as well as other shorebird species is due to habitat change in the Yellow Sea region. We study shorebirds along this Flyway in the key coastal areas, which are the Wadden Sea in Europe and the Banc d’Arguin and Archipelago dos Bijagòs in West Africa. Bar-tailed Godwit Recent research has found that the Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica undertakes one of the avian world’s most extraordinary migratory journeys. Friesland An overview of our Netherlands-based research on the demography of Black-tailed Godwits, can be found on our Black-tailed Godwit project website of the University of Groningen (“De Grutto Monitor 2016”). The birds fly nonstop from Alaska to New Zealand every fall. It has distinctive red breeding plumage, long legs, and a long upturned bill. Contrasting extreme long-distance migration patterns in bar-tailed godwit Limosa lapponica.Phil Battley et al. a summary of flyways: Between 2008 and 2018, an international team tracked Bar-tailed Godwits from Oman to find out more about their annual routines, because we virtually know nothing about how godwits use this Flyway. Ginny (Ying Chi) Chan, Theunis Piersma and Chris Hassell from Royal NIOZ Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, University of Groningen, The Netherlands and Global Flyway Network Australia, report: This is a story about the ten thousand kilometer journey of a Bar-tailed Godwit, travelling between the tropics and the Arctic, between pristine and industrial environments, and… Recent research reveals that some individuals from the East Asia/Australasia Flyway population made a nonstop flight of over 11,000 km, the longest continuous journey that has ever been recorded for a landbird. Female larger, paler and with longer bill. Shorebirds have some of the most interesting bill shapes and the Marbled Godwit is no exception with its swordlike bill. Threats and conservation. 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2011.05473.x Simultaneous declines in summer survival of three shorebird species signals a flyway at risk. The Bar-tailed Godwit along the East-Atlantic Flyway thus exhibits a clear leap-frog migration, in which the Siberian breeders winter south of the European breeders. The bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica) is a large 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. We conduct long-term demographic studies on Black-tailed Godwits migrating along the East Atlantic Flyway. Black-tailed Godwit are much less predictable in their occurrence on the northern shores of Roebuck Bay than the other study species and consequently more difficult to catch.