long-billed curlew
sicklebird
candlestick bird
numenius americanus latin

The Long-billed Curlew is a precocial bird, and the chicks leave the nest soon after hatching.

The surrounding dry prairie uplands offer opportunities to observe marbled godwits and long-billed curlews.

Others claim it was named for the Long-billed Curlew, which was once plentiful in the area and also known as the candlestick bird.

Common birds include sandhill crane, Wilson's Snipe, long-billed curlew, and northern harrier.

Opening his mouth, Wayne Morgan made an unearthly noise, the harsh kli-li-ti-li call of the wild long-billed curlew.

The Long-billed Curlew is the largest nesting or regularly occurring sandpiper in North America.

The spring- and stream-fed lake is named for the Long-billed Curlew, Numenius americanus, that once frequented the area.

Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus)

In areas where natural hot springs flow into the playa, especially around the Alvord Hot Springs, one can usually find nesting long-billed curlew.

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

This fossil was initially placed in a distinct genus, Palnumenius, but was actually a chronospecies or paleosubspecies related to the Long-billed Curlew.

Herds of pronghorn roam the hills and there may be sightings of imperiled birds such as the burrowing owl and the long-billed curlew.

"That's a long-billed curlew," Mr. Veseth said, pointing to a large brown bird running along the ground with a long curled beak, "and look, a Western kingbird."

The inland grasslands on the island provide habitat for Chukars, Burrowing Owls, Long-billed Curlews and several species of birds of prey.

Shorebirds such as American Avocets, Willets, Killdeer, Western Grebe, and Long-billed Curlew nest near the lake.

The Far Eastern Curlew (Numenius madagascariensis) is a large shorebird most similar in appearance to the Long-billed Curlew, but slightly larger.

It was formerly classified as a Near Threatened species by the IUCN, but new research has confirmed that the Long-billed Curlew is again common and widespread.

As well, the Smooth Arid Goosefoot (Chenopodium subglabrum) and Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus) is of special concern in the ecoregion.

It is habitat to many flora and fauna including Western Grebe, Long-billed Curlew, and a large herd of mule deer which spend much of the time in the 48-site campground.

Other birds in the area include the Peregrine Falcon, Piping Plover, Roseate Spoonbill, Long-billed Curlew, crane, egret and the Brown Pelican.

Other avian life includes the Long-billed Curlew, Willets, Ring-billed Gulls, Marbled Godwits, American Avocets, and Black-bellied Plovers.

Bill length relative to head length varies from three times the length of the head in the Long-billed Curlew to just under half the head length in the Tuamotu Sandpiper.

It was Lot 207, a long-billed curlew carved in the late 19th century in Lawrence, just across the Nassau border from Far Rockaway, Queens, by a master carver named William Bowman.

By protecting this area, the appeal will conserve habitat for the Worthen's Sparrow, Long-billed Curlew, Burrowing Owl, Mountain Plover, Sprague's Pipit, and Ferruginous Hawk.

These include American avocets, Black-necked stilts, Western snowy plovers, Spotted Sandpipers, Wilson's phalaropes, Wilson's Snipes, Long-billed curlews, Western willets, and Killdeer.

This species was also called "sicklebird" and the "candlestick bird".