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| - | [[Image:40391Bristle_thighed_Curlew_1A.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Photo by lostinjapan<br />Location: Oahu, [[Hawaii]]]] | + | [[Image:BTCurlew 2 .jpg|thumb|550px|right|Winter plumage<br />Photo by {{user|jparks|jparks}}<br />Big Island, [[Hawaii]], February 2010]] |
| | '''Alternative name: Kioea<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup>''' | | '''Alternative name: Kioea<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup>''' |
| | ;[[:Category:Numenius|Numenius]] tahitiensis | | ;[[:Category:Numenius|Numenius]] tahitiensis |
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| | ==Identification== | | ==Identification== |
| - | 43cm. Buff spotted brown upper parts, light belly, rust or buff tail, buff-orange rump, long, decurved bill, bristled feathers at base of legs. | + | 43cm |
| - | | + | *Buff spotted brown upper parts |
| | + | *Light belly |
| | + | *Rust or buff tail |
| | + | *Buff-orange rump |
| | + | *Long, decurved bill |
| | + | *Bristled feathers at base of legs |
| | + | [[Image:DSC 6128.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|ClimbItaLogiCal|ClimbItaLogiCal}}<br />Midway Atoll, Northwestern [[Hawaii|Hawaiian Islands]], July 2011]] |
| | ====Similar Species==== | | ====Similar Species==== |
| | Very similar in size and shape to [[Whimbrel]] but pale unbarred rump and voice are distinctive. | | Very similar in size and shape to [[Whimbrel]] but pale unbarred rump and voice are distinctive. |
| | + | ==Distribution== |
| | + | Breeds on the lower Yukon River and the Seward Peninsula in western [[Alaska]]. |
| | | | |
| - | ==Distribution== | + | Winters in [[Micronesia]], [[Fiji]], [[Tonga]], [[Hawaii]], American [[Samoa]], and [[French Polynesia]]. |
| - | Breeds on the lower Yukon River and the Seward Peninsula in western [[Alaska]]. Winters in [[Micronesia]], [[Fiji]], [[Tonga]], [[Hawaii]], American [[Samoa]], and [[French Polynesia]]. Accidental vagrant along the pacific coast of [[Canada]] and the [[United States]], and in [[Japan]], [[New Zealand]], and the [[Philippines]]. | + | |
| | + | Accidental vagrant along the pacific coast of [[Canada]] and the [[United States]], and in [[Japan]], [[New Zealand]], and the [[Philippines]]. |
| | ==Taxonomy== | | ==Taxonomy== |
| - | A monotypic species. | + | This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[2]]]</sup>. |
| | ==Habitat== | | ==Habitat== |
| - | Breeds in coastal tundra. | + | Breeds in coastal tundra. Feeds on coastal short grassland/turf. |
| | ==Behaviour== | | ==Behaviour== |
| | + | ====Diet==== |
| | The diet includes insects, flowers and berries, and other birds' eggs. | | The diet includes insects, flowers and berries, and other birds' eggs. |
| | + | ====Breeding==== |
| | + | They nest in ground depressions, lined with tundra moss. The clutch of 4 greenish brown spotted eggs are incubated for 25 days; both parents caring for the young. |
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| - | They nest in ground depressions, lined with tundra moss. 4 greenish brown spoted eggs are laid, and are incubated for 25 days; both parents care for the young. The adults migrate southwards when the chicks are about 5 weeks old; the chicks continue to feed and make the journey later. | + | The adults migrate southwards when the chicks are about 5 weeks old, the chicks leaving later. |
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| | ==References== | | ==References== |
| | # Not to be confused with [[Kioea]], ''Chaetoptila angustipluma''. | | # Not to be confused with [[Kioea]], ''Chaetoptila angustipluma''. |
| | + | #{{Ref-Clements6thDec10}}#Wikipedia |
| | + | {{ref}} |
| | ==External Links== | | ==External Links== |
| | {{GSearch|Numenius+tahitiensis}} | | {{GSearch|Numenius+tahitiensis}} |
| | *[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=1226&Bird_Image_ID=5791&Bird_Family_ID=138 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages] | | *[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=1226&Bird_Image_ID=5791&Bird_Family_ID=138 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages] |
| | [[Category:Birds]][[Category:Numenius]] | | [[Category:Birds]][[Category:Numenius]] |
Breeds in coastal tundra. Feeds on coastal short grassland/turf.
They nest in ground depressions, lined with tundra moss. The clutch of 4 greenish brown spotted eggs are incubated for 25 days; both parents caring for the young.
The adults migrate southwards when the chicks are about 5 weeks old, the chicks leaving later.
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