Large shorebird with a long body, long neck, and small head. Most distinctive features are the long curved bill and striped head.
Large-bodied shorebird with a long, curved bill. In flight note brownish color overall.
Probes into soft surfaces for invertebrates and small crabs, which it swallows whole.
European subspecies have a white rump patch that is visible in flight.
European subspecies have a whiter base color on the underparts than the Hudsonian subspecies, which is more buff colored below.
Large shorebird with a long body and small head. Most distinctive features are the long curved bill and striped head.
Heavy-bodied shorebird with a striped crown and pale eyebrow.
Smaller than a Long-billed Curlew with a shorter bill. Note striped crown and pale eyebrow.
A robust, large shorebird with a very long, curved bill and relatively long neck and legs. The wings are long and pointed; the tail is short.
Larger than a Willet, smaller than a Long-billed Curlew.
crow-sizedOnly one subspecies occurs in North America (hudsonicus); another three occur in Eurasia. The four subspecies differ mostly in the pattern of tail, rump, and back. Subspecies hudsonicus is uniformly brown in this area, whereas the three other subspecies have varying amounts of white. The nominate subspecies, phaeopus, which nests from Iceland to central Siberia, has a white rump and back. The very rare subspecies alboaxillaris, which nests in the steppe of southern Russia, is similar but larger and has white underwings. In northeastern Russia, the subspecies variegatus has a brown back and barred white rump. Both phaeopus and variegatus are recorded rarely but almost annually in the United States.
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