Eskimo Curlew
Numenius borealis
IUCN: CR (PE)
Taxonomy
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Scolopacidae
- Genus
- Numenius
- eBird Code
- eskcur
Distribution
formerly bred low Arctic tundra of northwestern North America, from northern Northwest Territories (northwestern Canada; possibly also northern Alaska); wintered in grassland from southeastern Brazil, Uruguay, and northeastern Argentina; probably extinct, last confirmed record 1963
Data Sources
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.