Bar-tailed Godwit

The Bar-tailed Godwit (*Limosa lapponica*) is a large, long-distance migratory shorebird famous for making the longest non-stop flight of any land bird, traveling directly between Alaska and Australasia across the Pacific Ocean. This species is a regular sight along coastal mudflats and estuaries, where it spends the non-breeding season before returning to Arctic breeding grounds each year.