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Curlew sandpiper species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds Archived 2015-07-18 at the Wayback Machine; Pictures of curlew sandpiper at Birdlife Finland Archived 2018-10-19 at the Wayback Machine; Identification article on autumn curlew sandpipers; Ageing and sexing (PDF; 1.4 MB) by Javier Blasco-Zumeta & Gerd-Michael Heinze
Sandpipers range in size from the least sandpiper, at as little as 18 grams (0.040 pounds) and 11 cm (4.3 in) in length, to the Far Eastern curlew, at up to 66 cm (26 in) in length, and the Eurasian curlew, at up to 1.3 kg (2.9 lb).
The Eurasian curlew pictured in the coat of arms of Oulunsalo, a former municipality of North Ostrobothnia, Finland Curlews enjoy a worldwide distribution. Most species exhibit strong migratory habits and consequently one or more species can be encountered at different times of the year in Europe, Ireland , Britain , Iberia , Iceland , Africa ...
Little curlew: Numenius minutus Gould, 1841: 5 Eskimo curlew: Numenius borealis (Forster, JR, 1772) (probably E) 6 Long-billed curlew: Numenius americanus Bechstein, 1812: 7 Far Eastern curlew: Numenius madagascariensis (Linnaeus, 1766) 8 Slender-billed curlew: Numenius tenuirostris Vieillot, 1817: 9 Eurasian curlew: Numenius arquata (Linnaeus ...
A male long-billed curlew in flight. The long-billed curlew is the largest sandpiper of regular occurrence in North America. It is 50–65 cm (20–26 in) long, 62–90 cm (24 + 1 ⁄ 2 – 35 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) across the wing and weighs 490–950 g (1 lb 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 oz – 2 lb 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 oz). [3]
The body is reportedly 565–1,150 g (1.246–2.535 lb), which may be equaled by the Eurasian curlew. [4] The extremely long bill, at 12.8–20.1 cm (5.0–7.9 in) in length, rivals the bill size of the closely related long-billed curlew as the longest bill for a sandpiper. [3]
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Calidris is a genus of Arctic-breeding, strongly migratory wading birds in the family Scolopacidae.These birds form huge mixed flocks on coasts and estuaries in winter. Migratory shorebirds are shown to have decline in reproductive traits because of temporal changes of their breeding seaso