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Far Eastern Curlew

Numenius madagascariensis

Endangered (IUCN Red List)Sandpipers and Allies
Far Eastern Curlew, photographed by Samuel Amaris

Photo: Samuel Amaris · iNaturalist · CC-BY-NC 4.0 (licence)

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About the Far Eastern Curlew

This very large curlew wields a remarkable scimitar-like bill, used to extract invertebrates from deep burrows. Typically found in small to mid-sized groups on expansive mudflats. Similar to Eurasian Curlew, but Far Eastern is far more warmly colored, with a light brown (not white) rump and heavily marked underwings, unlike the unmarked white underwings of Eurasian. Calls similar to Eurasian but deeper in tone.

Species account: eBird.org, fetched 2025-12-26 · How these pages are made

Where it has been recorded

Recorded in 36 of the 253 countries we have eBird lists for. Each opens that country's checklist.

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