bar-tailed godwit in British English
(ˈbɑːˌteɪld ˈɡɒdwɪt)
noun
a large wader, Limosa lapponica, of the family Scolopacidae which, in migrating from Alaska to New Zealand, makes the longest journey without stopping for food taken by any animal
The migration of bar-tailed godwits is the longest non-stop bird migration in theworld.
Image ofbar-tailed godwit
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