Marbled godwit

Weight

323 g – 412 gsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

8.6 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Aquatic predatorsrc for Diet

Longest recorded lifespan

13.7 years

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

wetlandsrc for Habitat

Egg incubation

24 dayssrc for Egg incubation

Young per litter or clutch

4src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

3 yearssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

1src for Litters or clutches a year

Lifestyle

Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle

Migration

Migratorysrc for Migration

Conservation status

Vulnerable (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The marbled godwit is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Vulnerable species.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classAves
4. orderCharadriiformes
5. familyScolopacidae
6. genusLimosa
7. SpeciesLimosa fedoa (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Numenius fedoa, Scolopax marmorata

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataWoRMSIUCN Red List

NT, Near Threatened

Black-tailed godwit

Limosa limosa

Scolopacidae

NT, Near Threatened

Bar-tailed godwit

Limosa lapponica

Scolopacidae

VU, Vulnerable

Hudsonian godwit

Limosa haemastica

Scolopacidae

CompareMarbled godwit vs Black-tailed godwitMarbled godwit vs Bar-tailed godwitMarbled godwit vs Hudsonian godwit

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@misc{marbled_godwit_2026,
  title = {Marbled godwit (Limosa fedoa)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/marbled-godwit},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}