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Common Name

Eurasian Curlew

Alternate Names

Common Curlew

Common Type

Curlew

Order

Charadriiformes

Family

Scolopacidae

Genus

Numenius

Species

arquata

Conservation Status

Near Threatened

Location Photographed

Indonesia,

Number of Sub-Species

Three Sub Species

Migratory or Resident

Migratory

Preferred Habitat

Marshes, bogs, tundra and wet meadows.

Distribution and Range

Breeds across temperate Europe and Asia; winters in Africa, southern Europe and south Asia. Resident in some areas of the UK

Food

Forage on wet meadows or mud flats by sight and by jabbing for aquatic insects, small crustaceans and some plant life.

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