Marbled Godwit
(Limosa fedoa)
Conservation • Description • Habitat • Ecology • 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
Size
Total length: 16″ to 20″
Wingspan: 30″
Voice
The call in flight is a loud, two syllable, gull-like kaaWEK kaaWEK.
Similar Species
Habitat
Marshes, mudflats, lake shores
Ecology
Migration
Mid-April to mid-May and late June to late August
Nesting
Food
Distribution
Occurrence
Uncommon migrant, local breeder
Maps
The Minnesota Ornithologists’ Union All Seasons Species Occurrence Map
Taxonomy
Class
Aves (birds)
Order
Charadriiformes (shorebirds and allies)
Family
Scolopacidae (sandpipers and allies)
Subfamily
Limosinae
Genus
Limosa (godwits)
Subordinate Taxa
Alaskan Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa beringiae)
Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa fedoa) 
Synonyms
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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. |
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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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.
Dan W. Andree
4/24/2021
Location: Northern Tallgrass Prairie NWR, Pavia Unit
Dan W. Andree
5/17/2018
Location: rural Norman Co. Mn.
Coming in for a landing rural Norman Co. Mn.
Dan W. Andree
5/9/2018
Location: Near the Sandpiper Prairie SNA, Minnesota.
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