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Long-billed Curlew
Numenius americanus
42.9801, -111.381
Field Notes
Description:
Very large sandpiper with brown mottled upperparts, buff-brown underparts with dark streaks and spots. Bill is very long, decurved. Cinnamon-brown underwings visible in flight. Feeds by probing mud with bill or dunking head under water. Direct flight, steady, strong wing beats.
Habitat:
Cultivated grasslands.
Notes:
At least a third of the Long-billed Curlew's historic breeding range has been destroyed by expansion of croplands, urbanization, or the redirection of water.
Reference Links:
Long-billed Curlew | National Audubon Society Birds
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PublishedOctober 26, 2011
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