Bar-tailed godwit
Kūaka
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Birds: the bar-tailed godwit
We head out with Hugh Robertson to an estuary, on the trail of the bar-tailed godwit or kuaka. Audio
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Kūaka
20 Feb 2014Listen to the bar-tailed godwit, whose annual 11,000-kilometre migration is the longest known non-stop flight undertaken by any bird. Audio
More about godwits
Godwit Marathon
9 Oct 2009
Learning about the migratory path of godwits since they were tagged and tracked. Audio
Birds return
14 Sep 2010
In a sure sign of spring, the godwits are due to return to New Zealand from Alaska. A celebration of the epic 11 thousand 500 kilometer non-stop flight this weekend went ahead without the bar-tailed… Audio
