Galapagos Species Database
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Limosa haemastica
Aguja del mar, Hudsonian Godwit
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Scolopacidae
Genus
Limosa
Species
haemastica
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Vagrant
Distribution: Harris (1975) reports one seen at Academy Bay, Santa Cruz, for several days beginning 26 November 1973, and Chartier (2001) photographed one at Puerto Villamil, Isabela, on 29 June 1999.
- Chartier, A. (2001) First record of Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica in Galápagos. Cotinga 15: 64-65.
- Freile, J.F. Santander, T., Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G., Carrasco, L., Cisneros-Heredia, D., Guevara, E., Sánchez-Nivicela, M., Tinoco, B. (2019) Lista Roja de las aves del Ecuador Quito, Ecuador. 97 pp.
- Harris, M.P. (1975) Additions to the Galápagos avifauna. Condor 77(3): 355.
- Wiedenfeld, D.A. (2006) Aves, the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Check List 2006 2(2): 1-27.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Limosa haemastica", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5112. Accessed 1 November 2026.