Bird flies non-stop from Alaska to Tasmania in record-breaking journey
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The 13,560-kilometre journey beat the previous record — also held by a godwit — by around 500 kilometres and was documented by researchers across the world. "So if it falls into the water from exhaustion, if bad weather forces it onto the ocean surface, that's it."The bird began its epic journey on October 13 from the sprawling wetlands of the Yukon Kuskokwim Delta in Alaska.
Dr Woehler said godwits typically travel to New Zealand, but this one took a 90-degree turn and landed on the idyllic shores of Ansons Bay in eastern Tasmania.Bar-tailed godwits weigh just 300 to 400 grams and can only carry a tiny tracker.
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