The bar-tailed godwit holds the record for nonstop flights at approximately 7,500 miles, while Arctic terns migrate about ...

An embodiment of endurance, the baueri subspecies of the bar-tailed godwit holds the world record for the longest non-stop bird flight – traversing over 13,000 kilometers (8,078 miles ...

And for good reason: Some of the most astonishing feats of endurance are performed by long-distance migrants, such as the nine-day non-stop flight of the bar-tailed godwit across the Pacific Ocean.