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Eskimo Curlew
Numenius borealis (Forster, JR, 1772)
Scolopacidae — Sandpipers, Snipes
Eskimo Curlew, Numenius borealis, is a bird of the low Arctic tundra of north-west North America, with breeding recorded in the Northwest Territories and possibly Alaska, and it also used grassland in south-east South America, including south-east Brazil, Uruguay and north-east Argentina. It is a member of the Scolopacidae, within Charadriiformes, and was described by Forster in 1772. The species is probably extinct. It is a curlew, and the only certain field mark given is the unbarred underside of the primaries.
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Scolopacidae — Sandpipers, Snipes
- Breeding range
- North America: low Arctic tundra of nw North America: n NWT (nw Canada; possibly also n Alaska; probably extinct)
- Nonbreeding range
- grassland of se South America: se Brazil, Uruguay and ne Argentina (probably extinct)
