iCurlews
Long-Billed Curlew, Fishing Pier, Goose Island State Park, Texas
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Charadriiformes Family: Scolopacidae Genus: Numenius Brisson, 1760
Species
N. phaeopus N. tenuirostris N. arquata N. americanus N. madagascariensis N. minutus N. borealis N. tahitiensis Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1440x960, 368 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... For other uses, see Scientific classification (disambiguation). ... Phyla Subregnum Parazoa Porifera Subregnum Eumetazoa Placozoa Orthonectida Rhombozoa Radiata (unranked) Ctenophora Cnidaria Bilateria (unranked) Acoelomorpha Myxozoa Superphylum Deuterostomia Chordata Hemichordata Echinodermata Chaetognatha Xenoturbellida Superphylum Ecdysozoa Kinorhyncha Loricifera Priapulida Nematoda Nematomorpha Onychophora Tardigrada Arthropoda Superphylum Platyzoa Platyhelminthes Gastrotricha Rotifera Acanthocephala Gnathostomulida Micrognathozoa Cycliophora Superphylum Lophotrochozoa Sipuncula Nemertea Phoronida Ectoprocta Bryozoa... {{{subdivision_ranks}}} See below Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates. ... Aves redirects here. ... Families Thinocoridae Pedionomidae Scolopacidae Rostratulidae Jacanidae Chionididae Burhinidae Haematopodidae Recurvirostridae Ibidorhynchidae Charadriidae Pluvianellidae Dromadidae Glareolidae Stercorariidae Rhynchopidae Laridae Sternidae Alcidae Charadriiformes is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. ... Genera Actitis Aphriza Arenaria Bartramia Calidris Catoptrophorus Coenocorypha Eurynorhynchus Gallinago Heterosceles Limicola Limnodromus Limosa Limnocryptes Numenius Steganopus Phalaropus Philomachus Prosobonia Scolopax Tringa Tryngites Xenus The Scolopacidae are a large family of waders, (known as shorebirds in North America). ... Mathurin Jacques Brisson (April 30, 1723 - June 23, 1806) was a French zoologist and natural philosopher. ... In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biodiversity. ... Binomial name Numenius phaeopus (Linnaeus, 1758) The Whimbrel, Numenius phaeopus, is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae. ... Binomial name Numenius tenuirostris (Vieillot, 1817) The Slender-billed Curlew, Numenius tenuirostris, is a member of the large wader family Scolopacidae. ... Binomial name Numenius arquata (Linnaeus, 1758) The Eurasian Curlew, or in Europe just Curlew, Numenius arquata, is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae. ... Binomial name Numenius americanus (Bechstein, 1812) The Long-billed Curlew, Numenius americanus, is a very large shorebird. ... Binomial name Numenius madagascariensis (Linnaeus, 1766) The Far Eastern Curlew or Eastern Curlew (Numenius madagascariensis) is a large shorebird most similar in appearance to the Long-billed Curlew, but slightly larger. ... Binomial name Numenius minutus Gould, 1841 The Little Curlew, Numenius minutus, is a wader in the large bird family Scolopacidae. ... Binomial name Numenius borealis (Forster, 1772) The Eskimo Curlew or Northern Curlew, Numenius borealis, is (or possibly was) a medium-sized shorebird. ... Binomial name Numenius tahitiensis (Gmelin, 1789) The Bristle-thighed Curlew, Numenius tahitiensis, is a large shore bird whose habitat ranges from Alaska to the tropical Pacific. ...

For alternative meanings of Numenius see Numenius (disambiguation). Curlew is the common name for a group of birds of the family Scolopacidae. ... Numenius can refer to: Numenius of Apamea, a Greek Philosopher who spent much of his life in Syria. ...

Curlew is the common name for the bird genus Numenius, a group of eight wader species, characterised by a long slender downcurved bill and mainly brown plumage with little seasonal change. They one of the most ancient lineages of scolopacid waders, together with the godwits which look similar but have straight bills (Thomas, 2004). In Europe "Curlew" usually refers to one species, the Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata. Aves redirects here. ... Families Scolopacidae Rostratulidae Jacanidae Thinocoridae Pedionomidae Burhinidae Chionididae Pluvianellidae Ibidorhynchidae Recurvirostridae Haematopodidae Charadriidae Dunlin (Calidris alpina). ... Closeup on a single white feather A feather is one of the epidermal growths that forms the distinctive outer covering, or plumage, on a bird. ... Genera Actitis Aphriza Arenaria Bartramia Calidris Catoptrophorus Coenocorypha Eurynorhynchus Gallinago Heterosceles Limicola Limnodromus Limosa Limnocryptes Numenius Steganopus Phalaropus Philomachus Prosobonia Scolopax Tringa Tryngites Xenus The Scolopacidae are a large family of waders, (known as shorebirds in North America). ... Genera Limosa The godwits and their allies are a group of large, long-billed, long-legged and strongly migratory wading birds. ... World map showing Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is one of the seven traditional continents of the Earth. ... Binomial name Numenius arquata (Linnaeus, 1758) The Eurasian Curlew, or in Europe just Curlew, Numenius arquata, is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae. ...

Curlews feed on mud or very soft ground, searching for worms and other invertebrates with their long bills. They will also take crabs and similar items.

Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1083x801, 1076 KB) Long-billed Curlew in Point Reyes, CA File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...

Species in taxonomic order

• Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
• Slender-billed Curlew Numenius tenuirostris (critically endangered, possibly extinct)
• Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
• Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
• Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis
• Little Curlew Numenius minutus
• Eskimo Curlew Numenius borealis (critically endangered, possibly extinct)
• Bristle-thighed Curlew Numenius tahitiensis

The Late Eocene (Montmartre Formation, some 35 mya) fossil Limosa gypsorum of France was originally placed in Numenius and may in fact belong there (Olson, 1985). Binomial name Numenius phaeopus (Linnaeus, 1758) The Whimbrel, Numenius phaeopus, is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae. ... Binomial name Numenius tenuirostris (Vieillot, 1817) The Slender-billed Curlew, Numenius tenuirostris, is a member of the large wader family Scolopacidae. ... The critically endangered Amur Tiger, a rare subspecies of tiger. ... In biology and ecology, extinction is the ceasing of existence of a species or group of species. ... Binomial name Numenius arquata (Linnaeus, 1758) The Eurasian Curlew, or in Europe just Curlew, Numenius arquata, is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae. ... Binomial name Numenius americanus (Bechstein, 1812) The Long-billed Curlew, Numenius americanus, is a very large shorebird. ... Binomial name Numenius madagascariensis (Linnaeus, 1766) The Far Eastern Curlew or Eastern Curlew (Numenius madagascariensis) is a large shorebird most similar in appearance to the Long-billed Curlew, but slightly larger. ... Binomial name Numenius minutus Gould, 1841 The Little Curlew, Numenius minutus, is a wader in the large bird family Scolopacidae. ... Binomial name Numenius borealis (Forster, 1772) The Eskimo Curlew or Northern Curlew, Numenius borealis, is (or possibly was) a medium-sized shorebird. ... The critically endangered Amur Tiger, a rare subspecies of tiger. ... In biology and ecology, extinction is the ceasing of existence of a species or group of species. ... Binomial name Numenius tahitiensis (Gmelin, 1789) The Bristle-thighed Curlew, Numenius tahitiensis, is a large shore bird whose habitat ranges from Alaska to the tropical Pacific. ... The Eocene epoch (55. ... An ammonite fossil Eocene fossil fish of the genus Knightia Petrified wood fossil formed through permineralization. ...

The Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda) is an odd bird which is the closest relative of the curlews (Thomas, 2004). It is distinguished from them by its yellow legs, long tail, and shorter, less curved bill. Binomial name Bartramia longicauda (Bechstein, 1812) The Upland Sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda, is a large shorebird, closely related to the curlews. ...

The stone-curlews are not true curlews (family Scolopacidae) but members of the family Burhinidae, which is in the same order Charadriiformes, but only distantly related within that. Binomial name Burhinus oedicnemus (Linnaeus, 1758) The Stone Curlew, Burhinus oedicnemus is the northern representative of the Stone-curlews, waders in the family Burhinidae. ... Families Thinocoridae Pedionomidae Scolopacidae Rostratulidae Jacanidae Chionididae Burhinidae Haematopodidae Recurvirostridae Ibidorhynchidae Charadriidae Pluvianellidae Dromadidae Glareolidae Stercorariidae Rhynchopidae Laridae Sternidae Alcidae Charadriiformes is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. ...

References

• Hayman, Peter; Marchant, John & Prater, Tony (1986): Shorebirds: an identification guide to the waders of the world. Houghton Mifflin, Boston. ISBN 0-395-60237-8

• Olson, Storrs L. (1985): Section X.D.2.b. Scolopacidae. In: Farner, D.S.; King, J.R. & Parkes, Kenneth C. (eds.): Avian Biology 8: 174-175. Academic Press, New York.

• Thomas, Gavin H.; Wills, Matthew A. & Székely, Tamás (2004): A supertree approach to shorebird phylogeny. BMC Evol. Biol. 4: 28. DOI:10.1186/1471-2148-4-28 PDF fulltext Supplementary Material