Aves, Charadriiformes, Scolopacidae, Limosa haemastica (Linnaeus, 1758): first record from South Shetland Islands and Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica

• Published in: Check List
• Main Authors: Juáres,Mariana, Libertelli,Marcela, Santos,M., Negrete,Javier, Gray,Martín, Baviera,Matías, Moreira,M., Donini,Giovanna, Carlini,Alejandro, Coria,Néstor
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: Pensoft Publishers 2010
• Subjects: 25 de Mayo; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Esperanza; Hope Bay; King George Island; South Shetland Islands; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.15560/6.4.559; https://checklist.pensoft.net/article/18106/

We report herein the southernmost record of the Hudsonian Godwit (Limosa haemastica), at two localities in the Antarctic: Esperanza/Hope Bay (January 2005) and 25 de Mayo/King George Island (October 2008). On both occasions a pair of specimens with winter plumage was observed.