#1377 · 🐦 birds

Long-billed Curlew

🇳🇱 Amerikaanse Wulp ·Numenius americanus

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

The long-billed curlew ( Numenius americanus ) is a large North American shorebird of the family Scolopacidae. This species was also called " sicklebird " and the "candlestick bird" . The species breeds in central and western North America, migrating southward and coastward for the winter.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 27,580iNaturalist observations
weight 758.6 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
27,580 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 759 g.
Scientifically named by Johann Matthäus Bechstein in 1812 (214 years ago).