Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada (B) (P), Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Martinique, Mexico, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and The Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, USA (B), Venezuela.
Vagrant to Grenada, Jamaica, St Pierre and Miquelon (P), Virgin Islands (British), Virgin Islands (U.S.).
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is 170,000 (2010).
Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa) [XC185524]
by Richard E. Webster from Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge, Phillips Co., Montana, United States (call)
Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa) [XC408631]
by Manuel Grosselet from Thermal, Imperial County, California, United States (flight call)
Subspecies
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
fedoa (Linnaeus, 1758) - Central Alberta and south-western Manitoba to south-central Montana and western Minnesota, also south-western James Bay. Winters from California and the Carolinas south to Panama, occasionally occurring south to northern Chile, Colombia and Venezuela.
beringiae Gibson & Kessel, 1989 - Alaska Peninsula. Winters on Pacific coast of USA from southern Washington to central California.
Similar Species
Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
Slightly smaller. Worn or non-breeding with non-breeding. Bill is shorter. Legs are shorter. Face pattern is bolder. Tail is barred.
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