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Eurasian Curlew

Animals; Birds

The Eurasian Curlew, Numenius arquata, is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae. It is the one of the most widespread of the curlews, breeding across temperate Europe and Asia.

Long-billed Curlew

Animals; Birds

The Long-billed Curlew, Numenius americanus, is a large North American shorebird of the family Scolopacidae.

Slender-billed Curlew

Animals; Birds

The Slender-billed Curlew, Numenius tenuirostris, is a bird in the wader family Scolopacidae. It breeds in marshes and peat bogs in the taiga of Siberia, and is migratory, formerly wintering in ...

Bristle-thighed Curlew

Animals; Birds

The Bristle-thighed Curlew, Numenius tahitiensis, is a large shorebird that breeds in Alaska and winters on tropical Pacific islands.

Black-winged Pratincole

Animals; Birds

The Black-winged Pratincole, Glareola nordmanni, is a wader in the pratincole bird family, Glareolidae. Their most unusual feature of the pratincoles is that although classed as waders they typically ...

Oriental Pratincole

Animals; Birds

The Oriental Pratincole (Glareola maldivarum), also known as the Grasshopper-Bird or Swallow-Plover is a wader in the pratincole family, Glareolidae. Their most unusual feature of the pratincoles is ...

Collared Pratincole

Animals; Birds

The Collared Pratincole or Common Pratincole, Glareola pratincola, is a wader in the pratincole family, Glareolidae. Pratincoles are unusual among waders in that they typically hunt their insect prey ...

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