GALLERIES > BIRDS > CHARADRIIFORMES > SCOLOPACIDAE > LONG-BILLED CURLEW [Numenius americanus]
Location: Ballona Lagoon, CAGPS: 34.0N, -118.5W, elev=2' MAP Date: November 5, 2022 ID : B13K1731 [4896 x 3264]
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Location: Huntington Beach (Bolsa Chica Lagoon), CAGPS: 33.7N, -118.1W, elev=27' MAP Date: October 31, 2010 ID : 7C2V3469 [3888 x 2592]
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Location: Huntington Beach (Bolsa Chica Lagoon), CAGPS: 33.7N, -118.1W, elev=27' MAP Date: October 31, 2010 ID : 7C2V3645 [3888 x 2592]
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Location: Ballona Creek (Salt Panne), CAGPS: 34.0N, -118.4W, elev=2' MAP Date: August 4, 2014 ID : B13K6571 [4896 x 3264]
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Location: Bolivar Flats, TXGPS: 29.4N, -94.7W, elev=1' MAP Date: August 28, 2009 ID : 7C2V2423 [3888 x 2592]
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Location: San Jacinto Wildlife Area, CAGPS: 33.9N, -117.1W, elev=1,426' MAP Date: August 19, 2010 ID : 7C2V1657 [3888 x 2592]
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Location: Newport Beach, CAGPS: 33.7N, -117.9W, elev=17' MAP Date: November 7, 2009 ID : 7C2V4650 [3888 x 2592]
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Location: Goose Island State Park, TXGPS: 28.1N, -96.9W, elev=-1' MAP Date: February 1, 2009 ID : 7C2V4206 [3888 x 2592]
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Location: Goose Island State Park, TXGPS: 28.1N, -96.9W, elev=-1' MAP Date: February 1, 2009 ID : 7C2V4205 [3888 x 2592]
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Location: San Jacinto Wildlife Area, CAGPS: 32.6N, -117.4W, depth=-1,130' MAP Date: August 8, 2008 ID : 7C2V6683 [3888 x 2592]
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Location: Huntington Beach (Bolsa Chica Lagoon), CAGPS: 33.7N, -118.1W, elev=27' MAP Date: August 8, 2009 ID : 7C2V1263 [3888 x 2592]
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Location: Huntington Beach (Bolsa Chica Lagoon), CAGPS: 33.7N, -118.1W, elev=27' MAP Date: February 8, 2009 ID : 7C2V4452 [3888 x 2592]
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Location: Morro Bay, CAGPS: 35.3N, -120.9W, elev=0' MAP Date: March 9, 2008 ID : 5422 [3888 x 2592]
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Location: Lompoc, CAGPS: 34.7N, -120.6W, elev=0' MAP Date: June 24, 2007 ID : ? [3888 x 2592]
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Location: Lompoc, CAGPS: 34.7N, -120.6W, elev=0' MAP Date: June 24, 2007 ID : ? [3888 x 2592]
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SPECIES INFO
The Long-billed Curlew, Numenius americanus, is a large shorebird. (See the Curlew family.)
Adults have a very long bill curved downwards, a long neck and a small head. The head, neck and underparts are light brown. The back is dark brown. They show cinnamon wing linings in flight.
Their breeding habitat is grasslands in west-central North America. Nests are located on the ground in open prairie. The female usually lays 4 eggs. Both parents look after the young.
They are short distance migrants and winter along coasts in the southern United States south to Mexico.
These birds forage in fields, picking up food by sight, also by probing. They mainly eat insects, but also eat crustaceans in coastal areas.
The population was significantly reduced at the end of the 19th century by hunting. Numbers have rebounded somewhat in more recent times.
This species was also called the 'candlestick bird'. Candlestick Point in San Francisco was named after this indigenous bird, and subsequently Candlestick Park inherited the name.
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