Minnesota Seasons - Long-billed Curlew

IUCN Red List

LC - Least Concern

NatureServe

N5B, N5N - Secure Breeding and Nonbreeding

SXB, SXM - Presumed Extirpated Breeding and Migrant

Minnesota

not listed


	Description


	Size
	19¾″ to 15½″ in length

	Voice


	Similar Species



	Habitat
	Breeding: wet and dry uplands Migration: wetland, open water


	Biology
	Migration


	Nesting


	Food


	Distribution
	Occurrence
	Rare visitor Long-billed Curlews are found in the western states east to South Dakota. The photos on this page were taken at Padre Island, Texas.

	Maps
	The Minnesota Ornithologists’ Union All Seasons Species Occurrence Map


	Taxonomy
	Class	Aves (birds)
	Order	Charadriiformes (shorebirds and allies)
	Family	Scolopacidae (sandpipers and allies)
	Genus	Numenius (curlews)

	Subordinate Taxa
	Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus americanus) Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus parvus)

	Synonyms


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	Long-billed Curlew Allen Chartier




	Long-billed Curlew Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren




	Long-billed Curlew JMC Nature Photos

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	Long-billed curlew (Numenius americanus) - Zarapito americano manolodorecho

	About ploaded on Aug 28, 2009 Long-billed curlew (Numenius americanus) - Zarapito americano



	Long-billed Curlew Mark Vance

	About Published on Oct 8, 2012 Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus) - By: Mark H. Vance - Be sure to check out all of Mark's bird videos at http://www.youtube.com/markinsrq5 Please subscribe if you like birds, many more great videos to come! Thanks Mark Vance 5342 Clark Rd #144 Sarasota, Fl 34233 The Celery Fields - Sarasota, Florida Facebook Page - http://www.facebook.com/groups/218447741581516/ Please join!



	Long-billed Curlew bird foraging at the Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve duncantakeru

	About Published on Nov 23, 2012 We saw this long-billed curlew, Numenius americanus, foraging at the Bolsa Chica wetlands today.



	Long-billed Curlew edlps

	About Uploaded on Jan 1, 2007 this is a long billed curlew feeding

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Kim Kassekert 7/19/2023	Location: Lino Lakes, MN I came upon this bird on the path in a preserve area in Lino Lakes, MN. It was on the ground and at first I thought Grouse, but then I immediately noticed the extremely long beak. It sat for a brief moment, then turned, fanned its tail feathers and flew off. I Googled it as soon as I got home and the Long-billed Curlew is the only bird remotely similar to what I saw. Supposedly rare or non-existent for this area.



Doug 5/17/2022	Location: Lake Edwards, Nisswa MN. While taking an evening walk with my son on May 17, 2022, we had this medium to large bird fly by that had a very long beak. I have never seen such a bird here in MN, so when back at our cabin I began to search for long beaked birds and when the Curlew came up, both my son and I said that this was the bird we saw. I’m only reporting because of the oddity of the sighting and can not say for certain that we saw a curlew, but it certainly looked very much like one. It was dusk, poor lighting though not dark, and we had the briefest of views as it flew right over us.



MinnesotaSeasons.com Sightings

Padre Island, Texas

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Long-billed Curlew