Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus)
About the 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" and the "candlestick bird". The species breeds in central and western North America, migrating southward and coastward for the winter.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 106 recordings for this species: 3 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.
Listed as recorded in Canada, Costa Rica, Mexico, United States in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquatarecording
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusrecording
- Hudsonian WhimbrelNumenius hudsonicusrecording
- Little CurlewNumenius minutusrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.