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North America's largest shorebird, the Long-billed Curlew, is a graceful creature with an almost impossibly long, thin, and curved bill. This speckled, cinnamon-washed shorebird probes deep into mud and sand for aquatic invertebrates on its coastal wintering grounds and picks up grasshoppers on the breeding grounds.
- Long-billed Curlew
Male and female Long-billed Curlews look pretty much alike,...
- Long-billed Curlew
Male and female Long-billed Curlews look pretty much alike, but females have a longer bill with a more pronounced curve at the tip than males. The Long-billed Curlew's genus name, Numenius, means “of the new moon,” and describes the slender, curved shape of the bird’s bill.
Huge shorebird with incredibly long, decurved bill. Buffy overall with brighter cinnamon wings, especially obvious in flight. Occurs in open fields, marshes, and beaches in western North America; can be seen singly or in flocks.
29 gru 2014 · Curlew Sandpipers are elegant shorebirds with a gracefully curved bill, long legs, and slim shape. Breeding adults are rich brick-red or deep chestnut, while nonbreeding birds stick to basic gray and white. Adults spend just a few short weeks at remote Siberian nesting sites before returning to nonbreeding grounds stretching from Africa to Australasia.
15 sie 2024 · Shorebirds with curved bills, such as the Long-billed Curlew, American Avocet, Black-winged Stilt, White Ibis, Eurasian Curlew, Whimbrel, and others, display remarkable adaptations that allow them to thrive in diverse wetland habitats. Their specialized bills enable them to feed efficiently on a variety of invertebrates and small aquatic ...
The long-billed curlew (Numenius americanus) is a large North American shorebird of the family Scolopacidae. This species was also called "sicklebird" and the "candlestick bird". The species breeds in central and western North America, migrating southward and coastward for the winter.
The Long-billed Curlew breeds on the wide grasslands of the Great Plains and Great Basin of the western United States and southwestern Canada. It's one of the earliest breeding shorebirds, returning from wintering grounds by mid-March.
