| Long-billed curlew | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Scolopacidae |
| Genus: | Numenius |
| Species: | N. americanus
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| Binomial name | |
| Numenius americanus Bechstein, 1812
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| Range of N. americanus | |
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Numenius longirostra(is) | |
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.
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Numenius americanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22693195A93390204. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22693195A93390204.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
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