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title: "Hudsonian Godwit"
description: "Limosa haemastica — Birds. The Hudsonian godwit (Limosa haemastica) is a large shorebird in the sandpiper family, Scolopacidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/hudsonian-godwit
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Hudsonian Godwit

> Limosa haemastica — Birds. The Hudsonian godwit (Limosa haemastica) is a large shorebird in the sandpiper family, Scolopacidae.

- Scientific name: *Limosa haemastica*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lakes & rivers)
- iNaturalist observations: 4796
- Wikidata: [Q283458](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q283458)
- iNaturalist taxon: [3950](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/3950)

## Names

- en: Hudsonian Godwit
- de: Hudsonschnepfe
- es: Picopando del Este
- fr: Barge hudsonienne
- nl: Rode grutto
- pt: Maçarico-de-bico-virado
- pl: Szlamnik amerykański

## Countries with the most observations

US (2023), CA (1010), AR (697), CL (374), BR (85), UY (71), MX (45), GB (39), PE (34), AU (33), TT (9), NZ (8)

## Summary

The Hudsonian godwit (Limosa haemastica) is a large shorebird in the sandpiper family, Scolopacidae. It is an extreme long-distance migrant, breeding at remote sites in Subarctic North America and flying nonstop in the fall to wintering sites in southern South America. Due to its remote breeding and wintering grounds and rapid, direct migration, it was a poorly-known species and was considered very rare until the mid-20th century, when major staging sites were discovered around James Bay and breeding sites were found around Churchill, Manitoba. Since then, the Hudsonian godwit has become the target of conservation…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudsonian_godwit

## Photo

![Hudsonian Godwit](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/hudsonian-godwit/medium.jpg)

Photo: Federico Muñoz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/194661364

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/hudsonian-godwit?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).