What is Bar-tailed godwit?
{{Taxobox | name = Bar-tailed godwit | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref>{{IUCN|id=106003005 |title=''Limosa lapponica'' |assessors=BirdLife International |version=2012.1 |year=2012 |accessdate=16 July 2012}}</ref> | image = Bar-tailed Godwit.jpg | image2 = XC234849-Default Project.ogg | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | classis = [[bird|Aves]] | ordo = [[Charadriiformes]] | familia = [[Scolopacidae]] | genus = ''[[Godwit|Limosa]]'' | binomial = ''Limosa lapponica'' | binomial_authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1758)}} [[File:Limosa lapponica Landing - Orielton Lagoon.jpg|thumb|230px|A flock landing in [[Tasmania, Australia]]. Note the barring on the tail]] The '''bar-tailed godwit''' (''Limosa lapponica'') is a [[water bird]]. It is a large [[wader]] in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Scolopacidae]]. It breeds on [[Arctic]] coasts and [[tundra]] mainly in the [[Old World]], and winters on [[coast]]s in temperate and tropical regions of the Old World.<ref name=hbw>del Hoyo J; Elliott A. & Sargatal J. eds 1996. ''Handbook of the birds of the world'', vol 3, Lynx Ediciones. Barcelona. {{ISBN|84-87334-15-6}}.</ref> Its [[migration]] is the longest known non-stop flight of any [[bird]] and also the longest journey without pausing to feed by any [[animal]].<ref name=gill /> == Migrations == [[Image:Bar-tailed Godwit migration.jpg|thumb|240px|The routes of satellite tagged bar-tailed godwits migrating north from New Zealand to Korea and China]] The bar-tailed godwit migrates in flocks to coasts in [[East Asia]], [[Alaska]], [[Australia]], [[Africa]], northwestern [[Europe]] and [[New Zealand]], where the sub-species ''Limosa lapponica baueri'' is called '''Kūaka''' in [[Māori language|Māori]].<ref>Heather Barrie & Hugh Robertson 2005. ''The field guide to the birds of New Zealand''. revised ed, Viking.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.birdingnz.co.nz/newzealandbirds.php?aid=139 |title=New Zealand birding network brings you the best of New Zealand birding<!-- Bot generated title --> |acces