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Limosa haemastica

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Hudsonian Godwit

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G4Apparently SecureGlobal Rank
VulnerableIUCN
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.103336
Element CodeABNNF08020
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVertebrate Animal
IUCNVulnerable
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumCraniata
ClassAves
OrderCharadriiformes
FamilyScolopacidae
GenusLimosa
Other Common Names
Barge hudsonienne (FR) Maçarico-de-Bico-Virado (PT) Picopando Ornamentado, Becacina de Mar (ES)
Concept Reference
American Ornithologists' Union (AOU). 1998. Check-list of North American birds. Seventh edition. American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C. [as modified by subsequent supplements and corrections published in The Auk]. Also available online: http://www.aou.org/.
Conservation Status
Rank MethodExpertise without calculation
Review Date2016-04-09
Change Date1996-11-25
Range Extent>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)
Range Extent Comments
BREEDING: locally in south-coastal Alaska, probably western Alaska, Mackenzie, northwestern British Columbia, around Hudson Bay. NON-BREEDING: in South America on the coast of Chile and from Paraguay, southern Brazil, and Uruguay south to Tierra del Fuego and Falkland Islands (AOU 1983). The most important areas are in Tierra del Fuego: Bahia San Sebastian, Argentina, on Atlantic coast of Tierra del Fuego; Bahia Lomas, at eastern mouth of Strait of Magellan; and Chiloe area of Pacific coast of Chile (Morrison and Ross 1989). MIGRATION: in spring, in North America from Texas and Louisiana north to Alberta, Saskatchewan, and the west side of Hudson Bay; rarely on Pacific Coast of Guatemala and Costa Rica. In fall, southeastward from James Bay to Maritimes and New England, then over water to wintering grounds (AOU 1983).
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

BREEDING: Nests on grassy tundra, near water. Bogs and marshes. Near coast or river. Nests on the ground in a sparsely lined depression, in or under edge of prostrate dwarf birch or on dry top of hummock in sedge marsh. NON-BREEDING: marshes, beaches, flooded fields, and tidal mudflats (AOU 1983); lake and pond shores, inlets.

Ecology

NON-BREEDING: gregarious.

Reproduction

Breeding begins mid-May in west to early June in east (Harrison 1978). Usually 4 eggs are incubated for 22-23 days; eggs incubated by female during day, by male at night. Young precocial, tended by both parents until just before fledging (early August on Mackenzie Delta).
Terrestrial Habitats
Grassland/herbaceousTundraSand/duneCropland/hedgerow
Palustrine Habitats
HERBACEOUS WETLANDBog/fenRiparian
Other Nations (2)
United StatesN3B
ProvinceRankNative
LouisianaS3MYes
IndianaSUMYes
IllinoisSNAYes
TexasS2Yes
VirginiaSNAYes
ConnecticutSNAYes
New YorkSNRNYes
WisconsinSNAYes
MarylandSNAYes
ArkansasSNAYes
OhioSNAYes
New JerseyS4NYes
WyomingS4NYes
KansasS3NYes
MinnesotaSNRMYes
DelawareS1MYes
North CarolinaSNAYes
OklahomaS2NYes
MichiganSNRNYes
New HampshireSNAYes
AlaskaS2BYes
AlabamaS2NYes
PennsylvaniaSNAYes
MaineS2NYes
IowaS3NYes
North DakotaSNAYes
Rhode IslandS2NYes
NebraskaS3NYes
MassachusettsS3NYes
WashingtonSNAYes
South DakotaSNAYes
MissouriSNAYes
ColoradoSNAYes
CanadaN3B,N4M
ProvinceRankNative
Northwest TerritoriesS2Yes
New BrunswickS3MYes
Island of NewfoundlandS2MYes
NunavutSUBYes
AlbertaSUMYes
Prince Edward IslandS2MYes
QuebecS3MYes
ManitobaS2BYes
SaskatchewanSUMYes
British ColumbiaS1BYes
LabradorSUMYes
Nova ScotiaS2MYes
OntarioS3B,S4MYes
Yukon TerritoryS2MYes
Threat Assessments
ThreatScopeSeverityTiming
11 - Climate change & severe weatherPervasive (71-100%)UnknownLow (long-term)
11.1 - Habitat shifting & alterationPervasive (71-100%)UnknownLow (long-term)

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Roadless Areas (8)
Alaska (8)
AreaForestAcres
Bering LakeChugach National Forest965,076
Copper River WetlandsChugach National Forest85,972
North BaranofTongass National Forest314,089
North EtolinTongass National Forest40,993
RedoubtTongass National Forest68,347
Sheridan GlacierChugach National Forest224,683
Sitka UrbanTongass National Forest112,003
South KruzofTongass National Forest55,193
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