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Robert Siegel
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Curlews and whimbrels
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Scolopacidae (sandpipers, curlews)
Genus: Numenius - 2 out of 8 species depicted
Species on page
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
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Long-billed curlew (Numenius americanus)
The Stanford Safari class
September 12, 2013
Common whimbrel
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
Family: Scolopacidae
Danger Point
Gansbaai, RSA
March 9, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
Whimbrel
Whimbrel
Long-billed curlew (Numenius americanus)
Long of bill
Curlew cue
Curlews
"The tide rises, the tide falls,
The twilight darkens, the curlew calls;"
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1807-1882
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Last modified: April 1, 2023
Created: November 1, 2014 (from sandpiper.html)
Contact: siegelr@stanford.edu
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