Long-billed Curlew
Numenius americanus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyScolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies)
- GenusNumenius (Curlews)
- SpeciesNumenius americanus (Long-billed Curlew)
The long-billed curlew (Numenius americanus) is a large North American shorebird of the family Scolopacidae. This species was also called "sicklebird" and the "candlestick bird". The species breeds in central and western North America, migrating southward and coastward for the winter. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Everglades National Park
Hudsonian Whimbrel
Numenius hudsonicus
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularius
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleuca
Willet
Tringa semipalmata
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutilla
Grey-tailed Tattler
Tringa brevipes
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipes
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres
Wilson's Snipe
Gallinago delicata
Dunlin
Calidris alpina
Short-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus griseus
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Long-billed Curlew at Everglades National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there