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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.
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North America's largest shorebird, the Long-billed Curlew,...
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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.
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.
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.
7 wrz 2024 · Learn to identify this unique shorebird by its elongated bill and stunning plumage, explore its diverse habitats like grasslands and wetlands, and delve into its fascinating behaviors, from foraging techniques to social dynamics.
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.
It was created by Gyorgy Szimuly, a shorebird conservationist, and encourages people to take part in the Global Shorebird Counts via eBird. There are nine species of curlews found around the world, all belonging to the Numenius genus. They have long curved bills and brown plumage.
