Far Eastern Curlew Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Numenius madagascariensis
Family : Scolopacidae
Order : Charadriiformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Other Name : Eastern Curlew
Habitat : Coast
Description : The Eastern Curlew is a large brown shore bird with an unusually long down-curved bill (adult bird length approximately 63 cm, weight 850 g). It looks entirely buffish-brown streaked with brown except for its whitish-buff belly and vent. It feeds on crabs, worms, annelids and molluscs.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Tringa guttifer
(Spotted (Nordmann's) Greenshank) -
Tringa stagnatilis
(Marsh Sandpiper) -
Tringa nebularia
(Common Greenshank) -
Calidris minuta
(Little Stint) -
Arenaria interpres
(Ruddy Turnstone) -
Limosa limosa
(Black‑tailed Godwit) -
Calidris alpina
(Dunlin) -
Tringa brevipes
(Grey‑tailed Tattler) -
Calidris pugnax
(Ruff) -
Limnodromus scolopaceus
(Long-billed Dowitcher)
Species groups
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Bee-eaters -
Booby -
frigatebird -
phalarope -
tropicbird -
Martins and Swallows -
Crows, Drongos & allies -
Woodpeckers -
Eared Nightjars -
Ibises & Spoonbills -
Trogons -
Coucals -
Pelicans -
Darters -
Gulls -
Warblers and allies -
Flowerpeckers & Sunbirds -
Sparrows, Wagtails, Pipits a& allies -
moonbird -
Hawks & Eagles -
Snipes, Sandpipers, Plovers & allies -
Small Kingfishers -
Cisticola & Prinia -
Plovers & Lapwings -
Rails, Gallinules & Coots -
Tits -
Parrots -
Rosefinches and Buntings -
Bustards -
Grebes -
Pheasants & Partridges -
Old World flycatcher -
Starlings and Mynas -
Hornbills -
Buttonquails -
Rollers -
Bluebirds -
Crested Kingfishers -
Cormorants -
Pigeons and Doves -
Jacanas -
Typical Owl -
Finfoots &booby -
Flamingo -
Herons and Bitterns -
Treecreepers -
Nuthatch -
Barbets -
Treeswifts -
Swifts -
Crab-plovers, Coursers and Pratincoles -
Bulbuls -
Frogmouths -
Larks -
Storks -
Broadbills -
Thick-knees -
Painted-snipes -
Nightjars -
Barn-owls -
Large-billed Kingfishers -
Falcons -
Pittas -
Cranes -
Whistling-ducks -
Ducks, Geese & Swans -
Hoopoe
References:
description written by:Fatema-Tuz-Zohora,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;photo credit: David Bowden(www.inaturalist.org/people/David Bowden),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;Tom Wulfmore information, please contact us.
description written by:Fatema-Tuz-Zohora,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;photo credit: David Bowden(www.inaturalist.org/people/David Bowden),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;Tom Wulfmore information, please contact us.