European curlew

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Noun1.European curlew - common Eurasian curlewEuropean curlew - common Eurasian curlew    
Numenius arquata
curlew - large migratory shorebirds of the sandpiper family; closely related to woodcocks but having a down-curved bill
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Members of Wild Bird Club of the Philippines reported seeing black-headed gulls, whiskered tern, Kentish plover, common redshank, Eurasian curlew and Caspian tern.
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Of these, two are probably already globally extinct and another three are at risk of going the same way, including the Eurasian Curlew that nests on moorland in North Wales and winters more abundantly on our estuaries.
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In Finland, for example, the Northern lapwing and Eurasian curlew have usually built their ground nests on barley fields after farmers have sowed their crops in the spring.
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Species of global conservation concern that either breed or winter in Cyprus include the Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata, the Common Pochard Aythya ferina and the Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca, the latter of which breeds at the newly restored Akrotiri Marsh.
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