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Alaska
Russia Breeding grounds in the Yukon
Delta of Alaska become a
godwit’s home in the
summer, when the
bird brings up
its chicks. A bar-tailed
godwit can,
without landing,
The Airbus 320 is a fly farther
short-to-medium-range than most
airliner. Flying from Alaska, it airliners.
would run out of fuel long
3,527 miles (5,676 km) route goes over
before the godwit, and would
have to land at Wake Island
in the Pacific. The godwit’s curved
Hawaii, extending
the journey.
P a c i f i c O c e a n LIFE ON THE WING
The Boeing 777-300 is 6,583 miles (10,595 km)
a long-range airliner, but with
368 passengers on board, it
would not reach New Zealand.
It would have to land at
Norfolk Island, between New Most swifts rarely land
Zealand and Australia. 7,261 miles (11,686 km) between leaving their
nest for the first time
and building their own
nest 2–4 years later.
They mate, eat, and sleep
how much ground they
cover in that time.
New in flight. It is not known
Zealand After spending 8 days in the air, and
with the fat in its 1-lb (450-g) body
almost used up, the godwit arrives
in its wintering grounds in a river
estuary in New Zealand.
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