Birds of the World


Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus) Range: NA: inland grassland of temperate wc North America: s British Columbia e to sw Saskatchewan (sw, sc Canada) and s to ne California, ne New Mexico and nw Nebraska (sw, wc USA) Goose Island State Park, Texas, USA
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Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata arquata) Near Threatened
Range: PAL: subarctic and temperate Palearctic wetlands, meadows: Faroe Is., British Isles, Scandinavia s to s France, e through n Kazakhstan and (locally) n Mongolia to Transbaikalia (ne Russia), Inner Mongolia and Heilongjiang (ne China)
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Eskimo Curlew (Numenius borealis) Critically Endangered Range: NA: low Arctic tundra of nw North America: n NWT (nw Canada; possibly also n Alaska; probably extinct)

Possibly extinct.


Hudsonian Whimbrel (Numenius hudsonicus) Range: NA: low Arctic coastal and inland tundra of Alaska and Canada: w, n, c Alaska, far w, nw Canada and sw shore of Hudson Bay Paracas, Peru
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Northern migrant.


Far Eastern Curlew (Numenius madagascariensis) Endangered Range: PAL: inland wetlands of subarctic to temperate ne Palearctic: ec Siberia to Kamchatka and Ussuriland (se Russia) and Heilongjiang (ne China)
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Mostly brown in color, and differentiated from other curlews by its plain, unpatterned brown underwing. It is not only the largest curlew but probably the world's largest sandpiper, at 60-66 cm. in length (Wikipedia). Note very long bill.


Little Curlew (Numenius minutus) Range: PAL: patchily in subarctic taiga of wc to ec Siberia
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Eurasian Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
Range: PAL: patchily in subarctic tundra of Palearctic: ne Greenland and n Scotland through subarctic Russia to Chukotskiy Pen. (ne Russia)

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Bristle-thighed Curlew (Numenius tahitiensis) Near Threatened Range: NA: low Arctic upland tundra of w Alaska: nc Seward Pen. and n Yukon Delta Mauna Lani Golf Course, Hawaii,
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Migrates from Alaska to islands in the Pacific including Hawaii. Note short bristly feathers at top of legs. Similar to Hudsonian Whimbrel, but perhaps a bit browner.

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Slender-billed Curlew (Numenius tenuirostris) Critically Endangered Range: PAL: sw Siberia (perhaps extinct)