Long-billed curlew
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The long-billed curlew (Numenius americanus) is a large North American shorebird of the family Scolopacidae. This species was also called "sicklebird"[2] and the "candlestick bird". The species breeds in central and western North America, migrating southward and coastward for the winter.
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Long-billed curlew | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Charadriiformes |
Family: | Scolopacidae |
Genus: | Numenius |
Species: | N. americanus |
Binomial name | |
Numenius americanus Bechstein, 1812 | |
Range of N. americanus | |
Synonyms | |
Numenius longirostra(is) |
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