Bristle-thighed Curlew (Numenius tahitiensis)
About the Bristle-thighed Curlew
The bristle-thighed curlew (Numenius tahitiensis) is a medium-sized shorebird that breeds in Alaska and winters on tropical Pacific islands. It is known in Mangareva as kivi or kivikivi and in Rakahanga as kihi; it is said to be the origin of the name for the New Zealand flightless bird kiwi although some linguists like Robert Blust has proposed an alternate origin from Proto-Oceanic *kiwiwi, the Pacific golden plover, instead.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 44 recordings for this species: 9 CC BY-NC-SA · 1 CC BY-NC-ND. 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.
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Listed as recorded in France, United Kingdom, 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.