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Slender-billed Curlew Numenius tenuirostris   - In flight
Slender-billed Curlew
Photographer : © Richard Porter
Location :Yemen
Date : January 1984
English synonyms:Long-billed Curlew
Bird Family :Tringinae - Godwits, Curlews, Shanks, Sandpipers, Tattlers, Turnstones, Dowitchers, Knots, Stints, Dunlin, Ruff & Phalaropes
Bird Group :CICONIIFORMES
Red Data Status :Critically Endangered
Remarks :There have been no confirmed sightings of Slender-billed Curlew since 1998. There is still hope that the species may not have become extinct. Because of its similarity to other curlew species, it may have been overlooked. For more information and tips on how to identify it, please see:
Slender-billed Curlew