Marbled Godwit

Limosa fedoa

General Status Rank: 
Not Ranked (Not Assessed)
Common Name: 
Marbled Godwit
Scientific Name: 
Limosa fedoa
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Taxonomy
Group: 
Bird
Kingdom: 
Animalia
Phylum: 
Chordata
Class: 
Aves
Order: 
Charadriiformes
Family: 
Scolopacidae
Distribution

Number of Occurrences

There are at least two reports: one seen at Norman Wells on May 21, 1991 by Dave Wilderspin and one seen at Yellowknife on 2 June 2004 by Marianne Bromley (Eckert 2004). Swainson and Richardson (1831) mention a “White Godwit (Limosa edwarsii)” specimen taken on Great Bear Lake on 25 May 1826. Although the text description seems to suggest a godwit, it does not conclusively identify it as a Marbled Godwit.References Eckert, C.D. 2004. Northern Canada. North American Birds 58(4):548-549., Swainson W. and J. Richards. 1831. Fauna Boreali-Americana; or the Zoology of the Northern Part of British North America. Part II: The Birds. University of Pittsburgh. 523 pp.(NWT Bird checklist project)
Score: 
A
References: 
LA20
W113
General Status Rank
Rank: 
Not Ranked (Not Assessed)
Status Rank Description: 
one record in NTNorman Wells, 1991 (Species Infobase); Deline (specimen collected 1826) and near Yellowknife (BEM)Delete 31Aug16. DB confirmed that there is published report in NAB but no details.
Decision Process Description: 
Drafted in 2005 by Craig Machtans and Lindsay Armer based on NWT Bird Checklist Survey database.; Reviewed in 2010, no change; Reviewed by Check list group (D Britton, C Eckert, D tate, R. Pankratz, S Carriere) 2016: Not assessed (deleted from vagrant list); Reviewed in 2020, no change
Last Updated: 
September 19, 2020

References

Number of Occurrences

  • Canadian Wildlife Service (2005) NWT/NU Bird Checklist Survey database. Environment Canada / Canadian Wildlife Service Yellowknife http://www.pnr-rpn.ec.gc.ca/nature/migratorybirds/nwtbcs/index.en.html - LA20 Return
  • Audubon and Cornell Lab of Ornithology and Bird Studies Canada (2015) http://ebird.org/content/canada/ - W113 Return