Slender-billed curlew

This species has occurred as a vagrant in western Europe, the Canary Islands, the Azores, Oman, Canada and Japan. The only time it was seen in North America was in Crescent Beach, Ontario, Canada in 1925.

The Slender-billed curlew is classified as Critically Endangered (CR), facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.

slender-billed curlew copyright Chris GomersallAs we discussed in yesterday’s post (The Search for the Slender-billed Curlew) the Slender-billed Curlew Numenuis tenuirostris is one of 192 bird species designated as Critically Endangered - meaning that it is considered to be facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild. More

Curlew) the Slender-billed Curlew Numenuis tenuirostris is one of 192 bird species designated as Critically Endangered - meaning that it is considered to be facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild. More

Slender-billed Curlew have been mainly restricted to the oligotrophic bogs of the forest zone which are not very favourable habitats for curlews and which were in the past evidently only marginal habitats for them. Indirect evidence for a steppe range of the Slender-billed Curlew comes from its migration routes. More

where nests of Slender-billed Curlew Numenius tenurirostris have ever been found "Ushakov 1912, 1916, 1925", and in the other areas where birds were recorded in summer, and presumably bred in the nineteenth century "Aksakov 1852", we analysed recent vegetation maps to select localities with similar habitat components. From historical habitat descriptions it is assumed that probable breeding sites of the species include woodland patches, shallow waters, areas of dry grasslands "including those with sedge on bogs", and restricted plots of bare ground. More

The Slender-billed Curlew, Numenius tenuirostris, is a critically endangered bird in the wader family Scolopacidae. It breeds in marshes and peat bogs in the taiga of Siberia, and is migratory, formerly wintering in shallow freshwater habitats around the Mediterranean. This species has occurred as a vagrant in western Europe, the Canary Islands, the Azores, Oman, Canada and Japan. The only time it was seen in North America was in Crescent Beach, Ontario, Canada in 1925. More

who saw it, as a first-summer Slender-billed Curlew, one of the rarest birds in the world; however, this identification provoked scepticism from some quarters. The bird was accepted as this species (and therefore became the first record of Slender-billed Curlew in Britain) by the British Birds Rarities Committee and the British Ornithologists’ Union Records Committee. More

The slender-billed curlew is one of the rarest and least understood bird species that occurs in Europe (5). This medium-sized wader is a mottled brown-grey colour with white underparts that are marked with black spots on the flanks (6). The sexes are similar in appearance, although the female is generally larger in size (2). The long, slender beak is slightly decurved and tapers to a narrower tip than that of the curlew (Numenius arquata), and the long legs are a bluish-grey colour (2). More

slender-billed curlew due to the elusive nature of this species. In 1914, a single nest was found which contained four eggs, and a colonial nest site containing 14 nests has also been reported (7). These birds feed by walking slowly and occasionally pecking at the surface until a food item is located (7). They have been reported to feed on earthworms, insects and molluscs (7). More

Slender-billed Curlew Numenius tenuirostris Species Champion Become a BirdLife Species Champion for this bird For information about BirdLife Species Champions and Species Guardians visit the BirdLife Preventing Extinctions Programme. More

Slender-billed Curlew came from Oman in 1999 Zoom In Slender-billed quest = 04-12-2008 The RSPB (BirdLife in the UK) and other partners have launched a last push to find one of the world's rarest birds. They have issued a call to search for and find any remaining populations of Slender-billed Curlew Numenius tenuirostris. More

The Slender-billed curlew MoU was concluded under CMS auspices and became effective on 10 September 1994. It aims to safeguard the Slender-billed curlew, a migratory shorebird that is estimated to have declined to less than 50 individuals. The Slender-billed curlew is a medium-sized wader, one of the six curlews of the same genus living in the world. It remains a bird whose ecology and biology (food habits, breeding behaviour, etc) are still unknown. More

The Slender-billed Curlew, Numenius tenuirostris, is a member of the large wader family Scolopacidae. It breeds in the taiga of Siberia, laying four eggs, and is migratory, formerly wintering around the Mediterranean. Slender-billed Curlew is a medium-size curlew, about the same size as a Whimbrel, but more like the Eurasian Curlew in plumage. It is mainly greyish brown, with a white rump and lower back. More

Slender-billed Curlew Numenius tenuirostris Morocco was probably among the best countries to have been able to observe this species with the last acceptable records being submitted in February 1998. Unconfirmed reports, subsequent to 1998, refer to the area Merja Zerga and whilst probable, these records have not been officially accepted. During the later part of 2008 Birdlife International, and other notable organisations, launched an appeal for all birdwatchers to search for Slender-billed Curlews. More

Slender-billed Curlew, Photo: Chris Gomershall/RSPB/Morocco Hellenic Ornithological Society Ελληνικά Hellenic Ornithological Society Home > Slender-billed Curlew Slender-billed Curlew facts The Slender-billed Curlew (Numenius tenuirostris) is a medium sized wader, one of the 6 species of curlews that exist on our planet today. More

Slender-billed Curlew (Numenius tenuirostris) is a medium-sized wader, one of the 6 curlews of the same genus living in our world. It nests somewhere in NW Siberia, where in the ‘20s very few nests were found. Thenceforth, no one could ever find even one nest again, even though the species may still breed, even in extremely few numbers. More

Observation of Slender-billed Curlew in Hungary (2001) The following descriptions dealing with the circumstances of the observation and the detailed plumage of the bird are parts of a full article due to publish in next years Aquila (Vol. 116) journal of the Hungarian Ornithological Institute. The full article will be available from the authors. The video was made by Yoshio Ebihara. More

winter female Slender-billed Curlew !! Even one of Europe More

The slender-billed curlew is Europe and the Western Palearctic's rarest bird, critically endangered and with no confirmed sightings since 1998. In 1994, the Convention on Migratory Species Slender-billed Curlew Memorandum of Understanding was adopted. In 1997, a slender-billed curlew working group (SBCWG) began to coordinate concerted action for the bird. The work of the group was dormant from 2003 until mid 2008. More

The Slender-billed Curlew in Northumberland, 1998 - 'plate 164' bird photo - Slender-billed Curlew The following is a response by the British Birds Rarities Committee (BBRC) to the discussion, which has appeared in the surfbirds.com discussion group, of plate 164 in British Birds Volume 95: page 272. More

Slender-billed Curlew Numenius tenuirostris to Category A of the British List as a result of the acceptance of a bird seen and photographed at Druridge Bay, Northumberland from 4th-7th May 1998. This is probably the most important record ever considered by the British Birds Rarities Committee (BBRC) and BOURC, since it concerns a species which is threatened with global extinction and whose breeding grounds have never been found. More

The slender-billed curlew, a crow-sized wading bird, has not been seen since 2001 – leading to concerns that it may be the first extinction of a European bird in three decades. Volunteers from 35 countries around the Mediterranean, Middle East, and the Indian subcontinent will use a recording of the call of the bird, edited to sound like an entire flock, in an attempt to lure any surviving slender-billed curlews this winter. More

Slender-billed Curlews in Ukraine spacer spacer According to an article on the web site of the Azov-Black Sea Ornithological Station, during field surveys in the spring and the autumn of 2001 in the region of the Lebyazhy Islands Reserve (Black Sea coast of Ukraine) were recorded 9 Slender-billed Curlews Numenius tennuirostris. More

The slender-billed curlew is the most enigmatic of Europe's birds, and it used to winter in large flocks around the Mediterranean. Only one nest location has ever been discovered, in south-western Siberia in the early 1900s. More

Slender-Billed Curlew, Numenius tenuirostris Merja Zerga, Morocco. Photo credit Chris Gomersall (rspb-images.com). December 2008. The RSPB and BirdLife International have launched a final search for the last individuals of one of the world's rarest birds - the slender-billed curlew. This crow-sized wading bird used to be seen regularly across Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. However the last confirmed sighting was in 1999, but it is hoped that a few individuals may be still clinging to existence. More

A possible Slender-billed Curlew has taken up residence at the RSPB's Minsmere Reserve on the Suffolk coast. BirdLife International estimates the total world population of the species to now be less than 50 birds. However, so little is known about this critically endangered species that the bird's identification is refuted by some observers. One way of solving the mystery will be to analyse the bird's DNA. More

After a long period of steady decline, the Slender-billed Curlew is extremely rare, with only a minute and still declining population. This is thought to be under 50 adult birds, with no more than two or three verified sightings in any year in the last five (as of 2007). As a result it is now listed as critically endangered. It is actually the first European bird species highly likely to become entirely extinct since the last Great Auk died over 150 years ago. More

sound-recording of Slender-billed Curlew! The recordings were made at Merja Zerga, Morocco. The video is by Andy Butler, January 1994. The call was recorded by Adam Gretton, January 1999 with subsequent edits, to remove background noise, by J P Gautier and J P Richard at the laboratoire d'Ethologie de Rennes, as publised in Oiseax d'Afrique 1 by Claude Chappuis, and by Magnus Robb. For comparison, footage and calls of Whimbrel and Eurasian Curlew follow. More

sound-recording of Slender-billed Curlew! The recordings were made at Merja Zer... josetavaresrspb — 25 juin 2009 — The only known video footage and sound-recording of Slender-billed Curlew! The recordings were made at Merja Zerga, Morocco. The video is by Andy Butler, January 1994. The call was recorded by Adam Gretton, January 1999 with subsequent edits, to remove background noise, by J P Gautier and J P Richard at the laboratoire d'Ethologie de Rennes, as publised in Oiseax d'Afrique 1 by Claude Chappuis, and by Magnus Robb. More