Long-billed Curlew
Numenius americanus
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 19,242
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The long-billed curlew 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.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Long-billed curlew”.