Hudsonian Godwit Photo Gallery

Breeding adult

Large shorebird with a long slightly upturned bicolored bill. Breeding birds have a rusty belly and a dark brown mottled back.

Juvenile

Large shorebird with a long upswept bill. Juveniles have a white eyebrow and a plain buffy gray belly.

Juvenile

A large shorebird with a very long, slightly upturned bill. Juvenile is grayish-brown above and paler brown-buff below. This species uses its long bill—orange or pinkish at the base and dark on the tip—to probe mud for invertebrates. All plumages show a pale whitish stripe above the eye.

Nonbreeding adult

In flight the white rump patch and dark underwings are visible.

Breeding adult

In flight, note dark underwings and white rump patch.

Breeding adult

Although Hudsonian Godwits nest on the ground and typically forage on the ground, they often perch in trees on the breeding grounds where wet sedge meadows intermix with spruce forests.

Molting adult

Molting adult

Juvenile

Juvenile (with Black-bellied Plover)

Most frequently seen singly or in small groups often feeding with other shorebirds during migration. Juveniles have an unmarked dusky belly.

Breeding adult