Marbled Godwit
(Limosa fedoa)
Conservation • Description • Habitat • Biology • Distribution • Taxonomy
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| IUCN Red List | LC - Least Concern |
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| NatureServe | N5B, N5N - Secure Breeding and Nonbreeding S3B - Vulnerable Breeding |
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| Minnesota | Special Concern Species in Greatest Conservation Need |
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Description |
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Size |
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16″ to 20″ in length 30″ wingspan |
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Habitat |
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Marshes, mudflats, lake shores |
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Biology |
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Migration |
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Mid-April to mid-May and late June to late August |
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Distribution |
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Occurrence |
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Uncommon migrant, local breeder |
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The Minnesota Ornithologists’ Union All Seasons Species Occurrence Map |
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Taxonomy |
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| Class | Aves (birds) | ||
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Charadriiformes (shorebirds and allies) | ||
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Scolopacidae (sandpipers and allies) | ||
Genus |
Limosa (godwits) | ||
Subordinate Taxa |
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Alaska Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa beringiae) Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa fedoa) |
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Dan W. Andree |
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Nap Time... A Marbled Godwit taking a nap. It opened its eyes and on one leg shifting its body slightly left then right in short jerky motions just looking around checking for safety. It just left its head in the same position. Never seen one do that before. It didn’t pay much attention to me. |
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Marbled Godwit...Pavia Unit... |
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Marbled Godwits... Coming in for a landing rural Norman Co. Mn. |
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Marbled Godwit... Near the Sandpiper Prairie SNA, Minnesota. |
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| Marbled Godwit SmithsonianMBC |
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Uploaded on Nov 6, 2008 Marbled godwit by George Jameson. |
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| Marbled Godwit Feeding Scott Carpenter |
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Uploaded on Feb 24, 2011 March 24, 2009, Monterey County, California, USA A Whimbrel makes a brief appearance |
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| Calls of the Marbled Godwit Wandering Sole TV |
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Published on Jun 24, 2012 A marbled godwit (Limosa fedoa) calling out while walking around on a dirt road near Chaplin Lake, Saskatchewan. |
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| Marbled Godwit MacaulayLibrary |
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Uploaded on Sep 12, 2011 Timothy Barksdale, Macaulay Library, Cornell Lab of Ornithology ML Video 20110 http://macaulaylibrary.org/video/20110 |
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| Marbled Godwit (Scolopacidae: Limosa fedoa) Wading Carl Barrentine |
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Uploaded on Apr 23, 2010 Migrant Marbled Godwits have arrived at the Kelly's Slough NWR, North Dakota (23 April 2010). |
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| Dan W. Andree 4/28/2021 |
Location: Northern Tallgrass Prairie NWR, Pavia Unit A Marbled Godwit taking a nap. It opened its eyes and on one leg shifting its body slightly left then right in short jerky motions just looking around checking for safety. It just left its head in the same position. Never seen one do that before. It didn’t pay much attention to me. |
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| Dan W. Andree 4/24/2021 |
Location: Northern Tallgrass Prairie NWR, Pavia Unit |
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| Dan W. Andree 5/17/2018 |
Location: rural Norman Co. Mn. Coming in for a landing rural Norman Co. Mn. |
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| Dan W. Andree 5/9/2018 |
Location: Near the Sandpiper Prairie SNA, Minnesota. |
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