Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Big Curlew, Hen Curlew, Long-Billed Curlew, Northern Curlew, Old Hen Curlew, Sabre-Bill, Sickle-Bill, Sickle-Billed Curlew, Sicklebill Curlew, Smoker, Spanish Curlew
Common Names in French:
Courlis à Long Bec
Common Names in German:
Rostbrachvogel
Common Names in Japanese:
アメリカダイシャクシギ
Description
Habitat
Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 86 meters (283 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
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)
- animals
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Chordates
- Class:
Aves
()
- Birds
- Order:
Ciconiiformes
()
- Albatrosses, Alcids
- Order:
Ciconiiformes
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
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Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: June 24, 1996.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Numenius
There are approximately 32 species in this genus:
N. americanus (Sickle-Billed Curlew) · N. americanus americanus (Sickle-Billed Curlew) · N. americanus parvus (Long-Billed Curlew) · N. antiquus · N. arcuatus · N. arquata (Eurasian Curlew) · N. arquata arquata (Eurasian Curlew) · N. arquata lineatus · N. arquata orientalis · N. arquata suschkini · N. arquatus · N. australis · N. borealis (Eskimo Whimbrel) · N. cyanopus · N. hudsonicus · N. madagascarien · N. madagascariensis (Far Eastern Curlew) · N. major · N. minor · N. minutus (Little Whimbrel) · N. orientalis · N. phaeopus (Crooked-Bill Marlin) · N. phaeopus alboaxillaris · N. phaeopus hudsonicus (Hudsonian Curlew) · N. phaeopus islandicus (Whimbrel) · N. phaeopus phaeopus (Crooked-Bill Marlin) · N. phaeopus rogachevae · N. phaeopus rufiventris · N. phaeopus variegatus (Whimbrel) · N. tahitiensis (Bristle-Thighed Curlew) · N. tenuirostris (Slender-Billed Curlew) · N. variegatus
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Further Reading
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. ENG url p. 386, p. 392.
- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, ENG url p. 206.
- Catalogue of birds of the Americas and the adjacent islands in Field Museum of Natural History. Charles E. Hellmayr, Boardman Conover. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1948. ENG url p. 99.
- Check-list of North American birds / prepared by a committee of the American ornithologists' union. Lancaster, Pa.: The Union, 1931. ENG url p. 111.
- Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences. Washington [etc., Washington Academy of Sciences] ENG url p. 604.
- Occasional papers - San Diego Society of Natural History. San Diego, The Society. ENG url p. 15.
- Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. [Washington, Biological Society of Washington] ENG url p. 8.
- The Biological bulletin. Woods Hole, Mass.: Marine Biological Laboratory, ENG url p. 537.
- The game birds of California by Joseph Grinnell, Harold Child Bryant and Tracy Irwin Storer. Berkeley, University of California Press, 1918. ENG url p. 438.
- Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History. [San Diego]: The Society, 1905- ENG url p. 330, p. 478.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 4, 2006.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 14, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 16 providers.
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2764200
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-176594
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13890088
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 176594
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: ABNNF07071
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 178078
Footnotes
- Standard Deviation = 299.430 based on 3,172 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
