WHAT IS THE LONGEST BIRD MIGRATION?

Black-tailed Godwit in a garden
Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
Hoopoe
Hoopoe

The bar-tailed godwit made the longest nonstop bird migration ever recorded. According to National Geographic, it flew from Alaska to New Zealand nonstop in 9 days.

Godwits make the journey every year across the vast Pacific from their northern summer breeding grounds.

When they set off in September, over 50% of their body is fat, and they fly for over 200 hours nonstop. The following March, the birds fly back to Alaska, and the cycle continues.

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Whiskered
Canada Geese
Canada Geese

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