Bar-tailed Godwit

The bar-tailed godwit is a large, strongly migratory wader with red breeding plumage, long legs and a long upturned bill. It feeds on bristle-worms and shellfish on coastal mudflats and estuaries. It breeds on Arctic coasts and tundra from Scandinavia to Alaska. The English name comes from the black-and-white barred tail and upper tail coverts (Wikipedia, general species account).

The subspecies baueri flies non-stop across the Pacific from Alaska to New Zealand, the longest known non-stop flight of any bird, on a round trip of over 29,000 km. Five subspecies are recognised.