Sandpipers, Snipes

Long-billed Curlew

Numenius americanus

The Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus) is a 584 g grassland bird that eats a bit of everything. It migrates.

Family

Sandpipers, Snipes

Order

Charadriiformes

Weight

584 g

Habitat

Grassland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Migrant

Countries recorded

8

Recorded in United States, Mexico, Canada, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Panama.

Where to see it: Bocana Río Jiboa (El Salvador); Estero Llano Grande SP WBC (LTC 054) (United States); Chichicaxtle · Observatorio de Aves Rapaces Dr. Mario A. Ramos (Mexico); Reifel Bird Sanctuary (Canada); MEX - Veracruz- MInatitlan - Pantano de Santa Alejandrin (Mexico).

Photo: (c) Garth Harwood, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist