The distance travelled is equal to two and a half trips between London and New York, or almost one-third of the planet's circumference.
Digital Desk: After flying
8,435 miles from Alaska to Tasmania without stopping, a bar-tailed Godwit bird
set a world record for the longest nonstop migration. The bird's 11-day voyage,
which earned it a place in Guiness World Records history, was tracked by a 5G
satellite tag implanted to its lower back.
"The epic journey began on October 13, 2022, according to the 5G
satellite tag connected to its lower back, and proceeded for 11 days and one
hour without the bird landing once," according to Guiness World Records.
The distance
travelled is equal to two and a half trips between London and New York, or
almost one-third of the planet's circumference.
This is not
the first time bar-tailed godwits have made headlines for their epic journeys.
This five-month-old bird broke the previous record, set by another species in
2020, by more than 350 kilometres (217 miles). That godwit had out-flew another
in 2007, flying 11,500 kilometres (932 miles).
The bar-tailed
godwit is not the only long-distance flier in the avian world. Arctic terns
(Sterna paradisaea) can travel considerably further distances in a single year.
Digital Desk: After flying
8,435 miles from Alaska to Tasmania without stopping, a bar-tailed Godwit bird
set a world record for the longest nonstop migration. The bird's 11-day voyage,
which earned it a place in Guiness World Records history, was tracked by a 5G
satellite tag implanted to its lower back.
"The epic journey began on October 13, 2022, according to the 5G
satellite tag connected to its lower back, and proceeded for 11 days and one
hour without the bird landing once," according to Guiness World Records.
The distance
travelled is equal to two and a half trips between London and New York, or
almost one-third of the planet's circumference.
This is not
the first time bar-tailed godwits have made headlines for their epic journeys.
This five-month-old bird broke the previous record, set by another species in
2020, by more than 350 kilometres (217 miles). That godwit had out-flew another
in 2007, flying 11,500 kilometres (932 miles).
The bar-tailed
godwit is not the only long-distance flier in the avian world. Arctic terns
(Sterna paradisaea) can travel considerably further distances in a single year.
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