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.).
Population
Estimated population is 170,000 (2010).
Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa) [XC186297]
by Paul Marvin from Grasslands National Park of Canada (near Val Marie), Division No. 4, Saskatchewan, Canada (display flight)
Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa) [XC630018]
by Thomas G. Graves from Tijuana Slough NWR, trail from south end of 5th street, Imperial Beach, California, United States (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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