This cute Bar-tailed Godwit by Birdorable is wearing a Santa hat above the text Merry Christmas. The Bar-tailed Godwit is a species of wader that breeds on Arctic tundra habitat and winters in the tropics. Bar-tailed Godwits are well-known as migration champions, holding the record for the longest non-stop journey at over 7,000 miles from Alaska to New Zealand.