Alternative name: Kioea1
- Numenius tahitiensis
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
Similar Species
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.
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.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[2].
Habitat
Breeds in coastal tundra. Feeds on coastal short grassland/turf.
Behaviour
Diet
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. The adults migrate southwards when the chicks are about 5 weeks old, the chicks leaving later.
References
- Not to be confused with Kioea, Chaetoptila angustipluma.
- Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
- Wikipedia
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Bristle-thighed Curlew. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 9 November 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Bristle-thighed_Curlew
