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godwit

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godwit: see shore bird shore bird, common name for members of the large order Charadriiformes, which includes birds found on coasts and beaches throughout the world. Included in this group are the avocet , curlew , oyster catcher , phalarope , plover , sandpiper , snipe , and stilt .
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glareola) Migration ([dagger]) Gray-tailed tattler (Heteroscelus brevipes) Migration ([dagger]) Bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica) Migration ([section]) Red-necked stint (Calidris ruficollis) Migration ([section]) Little stint (C.
In the godwit droppings, the researchers were amazed to find bright red larvae called bloodworms.
In the course of such studies, Green and Sanchez came across godwit droppings that had the bright-red larvae of the midge Chironomus salinarius wriggling within them.
 
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