Shorebirds

Marbled Godwit

Alaska hosts a small (probably <3,000 birds), geographically and morphologically distinct, breeding population of Marbled Godwits (Limosa fedoa beringiae, Gibson and Kessel 1989). Among North American shorebirds, only populations of Snowy Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus), Piping Plover (C. melodus), Eskimo Curlew (N. borealis, if extant), and the Hudson Bay Marbled Godwit (L. f. fedoa) are smaller (Brown et al. 2001). The very small population size and very limited distribution (Alaska Peninsula) render this population vulnerable.

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Last Updated: September 18, 2008