Sandpipers, Snipes and Phalaropes (Scolopacidae)
Bristle-thighed Curlew (Numenius tahitiensis) - HBW 3, p. 504
French: Courlis d'Alaska
German: Borstenbrachvogel
Spanish: Zarapito del Pacífico
Taxonomy: Scolopax tahitiensis Gmelin, 1789, Tahiti.
Monotypic.
Distribution: W Alaska, from Seward Peninsula to Yukon Delta. Winters from Marshall and Hawaiian Is, S to Santa Cruz, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Marquesas, Tuamotu Is and Pitcairn I.
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Flying by and calling Locality Nome, Seward Peninsula, Alaska, USA (United States)
Volkert van der Willigen 4 June 2010 1 year ago 25 sec 3.6 -
A bird foraging in copra plantation and calling. Locality Tabuaeran (Fanning) Island, Line Islands, Kiribati (Monotypic species)
Peter Fraser 2 September 2008 2 years ago 25 sec 2.5
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Wintering on short grass
Locality Midway, Hawaiian Islands
Guy Dutson 1 year ago 4 -
Calling bird in flight
Locality Tuamotu Islands, French Polynesia (Monotypic species)
Alan Tate 1 March 1997 2 years ago 3 -
On the ground
Locality Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands
Dani Valverde 19 April 2009 1 year ago 2.6
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