Numenius (bird)

species of bird

species of bird

The curlews () are a group of nine species of birds in the genus Numenius, characterised by their long, slender, downcurved bills and mottled brown plumage. The English name is imitative of the Eurasian curlew's call, but may have been influenced by the Old French , "messenger", from , "to run". It was first recorded in 1377 in Langland's Piers Plowman "". In Europe, "curlew" usually refers to one species, the Eurasian curlew (Numenius arquata).

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species of bird

species of bird

species of bird

species of bird

species of bird