Godwit makes record-breaking long-distance flight
Tue, September 11, 2007
Posted in Alaska News
A seasonal resident of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta has set a world record for the longest non-stop flight — in the animal kingdom. A bar-tailed godwit, a large sandpiper about the size of a pigeon, made what researchers believe is the longest documented non-stop flight in bird history.
Photo: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Shane Iverson, KYUK - Bethel
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