Bar-tailed Godwit with a satellite transmitter and tag Z0
![A Bar-tailed Godwit with a Z0 tag on it's leg and a satellite transmitter antenna emerging from rear feathers](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/full_width/public/thumbnails/image/BARG_Z0_Alaska_ruthrauff.jpg?itok=Lzv9WpML)
Detailed Description
Bar-tailed godwit "Z0" instrumented with an implanted Argos satellite transmitter (note dorsally exposed antenna) to facilitate aerodynamics during the species non-stop flights across the Pacific Ocean. This bird was tracked from her non-breeding area in New Zealand to a spring staging area in the Yellow Sea (10,000 km in 8.8 days, non-stop), then to a breeding area in Alaska (4,200 km in 5.5 days, non-stop), and finally a trans-Pacific return flight to Australasia (9,800 km in 7.6 days, non-stop).
Sources/Usage
Public Domain.