: any of a genus (Limosa) of shorebirds that are related to the curlews and sandpipers and have a long slender slightly upturned or straight bill
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The gold medal winner for best all-time flyer is the Hudsonian godwit, which breeds in southern Alaska and west-central Hudson Bay in Canada, near the Arctic tundra.
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Sheryl Devore,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Feb. 2026
The birds are late, the bugs are early, and as a result, in many years, few of the godwit chicks survive to adulthood.
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Scott Weidensaul,
AZCentral.com,
13 Jan. 2025
Shorebirds began their journeys early and travel fast, many of them after a short breeding season in the far, far north, so birds like sandpipers, yellowlegs, willets, godwits and curlews are already present in abundant numbers.
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Jack Gedney,
The Mercury News,
23 Sep. 2024
But seemingly out of nowhere, the godwit was found dead a week after its first sighting, officials said.
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Makiya Seminera,
Miami Herald,
9 Feb. 2024
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Sheryl Devore,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Feb. 2026
The birds are late, the bugs are early, and as a result, in many years, few of the godwit chicks survive to adulthood.
—
Scott Weidensaul,
AZCentral.com,
13 Jan. 2025
Shorebirds began their journeys early and travel fast, many of them after a short breeding season in the far, far north, so birds like sandpipers, yellowlegs, willets, godwits and curlews are already present in abundant numbers.
—
Jack Gedney,
The Mercury News,
23 Sep. 2024
But seemingly out of nowhere, the godwit was found dead a week after its first sighting, officials said.
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Makiya Seminera,
Miami Herald,
9 Feb. 2024
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“Godwit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/godwit. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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