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  • Thumbnail for Curlew
    The curlews (/ˈkɜːrljuː/) are a group of nine species of birds in the genus Numenius, characterised by their long, slender, downcurved bills and mottled...
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    Eurasian curlew or common curlew (Numenius arquata) is a very large wader in the family Scolopacidae. It is one of the most widespread of the curlews, breeding...
    15 KB (1,502 words) - 15:11, 25 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Bush stone-curlew
    The bush stone-curlew or bush thick-knee (Burhinus grallarius, obsolete name Burhinus magnirostris) is a large, ground-dwelling bird endemic to Australia...
    19 KB (2,276 words) - 05:04, 5 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Eskimo curlew
    The Eskimo curlew (Numenius borealis), also known as northern curlew, is a species of curlew in the family Scolopacidae. It was one of the most numerous...
    14 KB (1,440 words) - 17:22, 3 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Curlew, Washington
    Curlew is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located in northwestern Ferry County, Washington, United States, between Malo and...
    9 KB (808 words) - 21:38, 24 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Eurasian stone-curlew
    Eurasian stone-curlew, Eurasian thick-knee, or simply stone-curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus) is a northern species of the Burhinidae (stone-curlew) bird family...
    12 KB (1,241 words) - 14:56, 30 August 2023
  • Thumbnail for Little curlew
    The little curlew (Numenius minutus) is a wader in the large bird family Scolopacidae. It is a very small curlew, which breeds in the far north of Siberia...
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    The stone-curlews, also known as dikkops or thick-knees, consist of 10 species within the family Burhinidae, and are found throughout the tropical and...
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  • Thumbnail for Slender-billed curlew
    The slender-billed curlew (Numenius tenuirostris) is a bird in the wader family Scolopacidae. Isotope analysis suggests the majority of the former population...
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  • Curlew Island may refer to: Curlew Island (Andaman and Nicobar Islands), India Curlew Island (Gulf Islands), British Columbia, Canada Curlew Island (South...
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  • Thumbnail for Curlew, Iowa
    Curlew is a city in Palo Alto County, Iowa, United States. The population was 37 at the time of the 2020 census. Curlew originated in 1882 with the construction...
    11 KB (796 words) - 22:59, 27 January 2024
  • USS Curlew may refer to one of four ships of the United States Navy named for the Curlew: Curlew (steamboat), merchant propeller steamer, Union Navy gunboat...
    832 bytes (156 words) - 11:40, 30 December 2021
  • The Curlew is a song cycle by Peter Warlock on poems by W. B. Yeats. It is generally considered one of the composer's finest works. It was written between...
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  • Thumbnail for Curlew sandpiper
    The curlew sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea) is a small wader that breeds on the tundra of Arctic Siberia. It is strongly migratory, wintering mainly in...
    13 KB (1,193 words) - 19:03, 31 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Long-billed curlew
    The long-billed curlew (Numenius americanus) is a large North American shorebird of the family Scolopacidae. This species was also called "sicklebird"...
    10 KB (1,008 words) - 15:59, 11 August 2024
  • Last of the Curlews is a novel, a fictionalized account of the life of the last Eskimo curlew. It was written by Fred Bodsworth, a Canadian newspaper...
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  • Thumbnail for Beach stone-curlew
    The beach stone-curlew (Esacus magnirostris) also known as beach thick-knee is a large, ground-dwelling bird that occurs in Australasia, the islands of...
    6 KB (506 words) - 21:13, 25 May 2024
  • Curlew, song cycle by Peter Warlock written between 1920 and 1922 Curlew (band), an American jazz group Curlew (album), a 1981 album by Curlew Curlew...
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    the large family Scolopacidae. It is one of the most widespread of the curlews, breeding across much of subarctic North America. This species and the...
    4 KB (499 words) - 13:17, 14 January 2024
  • the name HMS Curlew after the bird, the curlew: HMS Curlew (1795) was a 16-gun brig sloop launched in 1795 that foundered in 1796. HMS Curlew (1803) was...
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