Eurasian Curlew

The largest wader in its range, at 50-57 cm length, and a 1 m wingspan. It is mainly greyish brown, with a white back, and a very long curved bill. Males and females look identical, but the bill is longest in the adult female. It is generally not possible to recognize the sex of a single Eurasian Curlew, or even several ones as there is much variation; telling male and female of a mated pair apart is usually possible however.

The Eurasian Curlew is classified as Near Threatened (NT), is close to qualifying for or is likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future.

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. In Europe, this species is often referred to just as "the Curlew", and in Scotland a colloquial name is "whaup". Male in flight. Note "pointed tail" formed by the feet. The largest wader in its range, at 50-57 cm length, and a 1 m wingspan. More

** The Eurasian Curlew, Numenius arquata, is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae. It is the one of the most widespread of the curlews. More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian... or http://www.haryana-online.com/Fauna/B... More

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Eurasian CurlewThe Eurasian Curlew, Numenius arquata, is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae. In Europe, this species is often referred to just as "the Curlew", and in Scotland a colloquial name is "whaup". Distribution / Range It is the one of the most widespread of the curlews, breeding across temperate Europe and Asia. Description The largest wader in its range, at 50-57 cm length, and a 1 m wingspan. More

Eurasian Curlew: Large curlew with strongly marked underparts that lack rich orange or buff tones that other long billed curlews often show. Unique among curlews in showing prominent white back and rump in flight and wing underwing linings. Sexes similar. Juvenile is very similar to adult but underparts not as strongly marked. Range and Habitat Eurasian Curlew: Breeds in wet fields, forest edges, and marshes across Europe and northern Asia. More

The Eurasian Curlew, or in Europe just 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. There have even been sightings in Nova Scotia. This is a migratory species over most of its range, wintering in Africa, southern Europe and south Asia. It is present all year in the milder climate of Ireland, Great Britain and the adjacent European coasts. More

Eurasian Curlew: Nest built on ground among grasses or tussocks with male making several crude scrapes and female picking one to line with fine grasses. Lays four brown marked, dark olive eggs that are incubated by both parents for 27 to 29 days. Newly hatched chicks are feed by both parents, but can soon feed themselves. First flight in just over a month. More

The Eurasian curlew has a brownish-black upper beak, and the base of its lower beak-which is long and curved at the tip-is pink. Their bluish-gray legs are long and slim, and the area extending from their crowns to their napes is dark brown with brownish-black vertical spots. More

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. There have even been sightings in Nova Scotia. In Europe this species is often referred to just as Curlew, and in Scotland an alternative name is 'whaup'. More

Four Eurasian curlew eggs in a nest© David Kjaer / naturepl.com Eurasian curlew guarding nest© Jon Hornbuckle Eurasian curlew incubating eggs in its moorland habitat© Dennis Green / www.osfimages.com Eurasian curlew clearing eggshell from its nest© Colin Preston / naturepl.com Eurasian curlew at the nest with chick© Mark Hamblin / www.osfimages.com Eurasian curlew at nest with three chicks© Chris Knights / www.ardea. More

Adult Eurasian curlew alarm-calling to chicks in nesting territory Adult Eurasian curlew alarm-calling to chicks in nesting territory Species related by - * Family group * Habitat * Conservation status * * View image slideshow * Link to this image * Email to a friend * More

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The bird was close in appearance to Eurasian Curlew, but differed in a number of features: * in size, it was closer to a Whimbrel than to a typical Eurasian Curlew * it also differed slightly in structure, being slimmer, and in particular thinner-necked and shorter-legged than a typical Eurasian Curlew * its bill was shorter than is typical for Eurasian Curlew, and More

here: Eurasian Curlew < Birds < Animals < Species < Nature in the Dales < Learning about... < Yorkshire Dales home Eurasian Curlew = menu item arrowBack to Birds Eurasian Curlew. Click for larger imageCommon Name: Eurasian Curlew Latin Name: Numenius arquata Family: Scolopacidae The curlew is the largest wading bird found in Europe. More

Trends for Eurasian Curlew in the Wadden Sea Figures represent the trend 1987/1988 to 2006/2007, taking into account data from all months to express an overall trend for the entire year. Numbers on the y-axis represent monthly mean occurrences. Dots are the individual yearly estimates, solid lines the trend calculated by TrendSpotter, dotted lines the 95% confidence limits of the trend lines. More

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