On this pageBooks about the CurlewThe books are listed in order of publication date with the most recent at the top.
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Curlews
Family: Scolopacidae
Genus: Numenius
In the UK
Eurasian Curlew
Numenius arquata
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
Other curlew species
Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis
Little Curlew Numenius minutus
Bristle-thighed Curlew Numenius tahitiensis
The status of two further species is uncertain. They are possibly now extinct:
Slender-billed Curlew Numenius tenuirostris
Eskimo Curlew Numenius borealis
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Orison for a Curlew: In Search of a Bird on the Edge of ExtinctionHoratio Clare
Illustrations: Beatrice Forshall
Little Toller Books
2015
"The Slender-billed curlew now exists as rumour, hope, unconfirmed sightings and speculation. The only certainty of its story is that it now stands at the brink of extinction. Birds are key environmental indicators - their health or hardship has a message for us about the planet, and our future. But we do not know what the fate of the Slender-billed curlew means for us, or what happened to it, or why. Orison for a Curlew is the story of a journey into that mystery. Following the bird's migratory path takes the award-winning writer Horatio Clare on an odyssey through a fractured Europe, to the edges of the land, and into the lives of the men and women who have fought to save and preserve the worlds to which the bird belonged. We travel with soldiers, beggars, students and green superheroes, including the father of ornithology in Greece, an extinction myth-buster in Romania, a Hungarian who invented the Danube delta biosphere reserve, and a birdwatcher who drew the preservation map of Bulgaria."
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Searching for Slender-billed Curlews in Iran, January-February 2000T.M. Van der Have, G.O. Keijl, J. Mansoori & V.V. Morozov
WIWO Report 72
Working Group International Waterbird and Wetland Research
2001
"Between 13 January and 3 February 2000 about 20 wetlands were visited to count waterbirds and pay special attention to the presence of Slender-billed Curlew Numenius tenuirostris, a globally threatened species. At least, 1,200 Eurasian Curles N. arquata and 250 Whimbrels N. phaeopus were checked individually, as well as several hundreds of Bartailed Godwits Limosa lapponica and Black-tailed Todwits L. limosa, but no Slender-billed Curlews were observerd."
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Biodiversity in Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland Species Action Plans: Irish Hare, Chough, CurlewEnvironment & Heritage Service
Stationery Office Books
2000
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Breeding Phenology of Curlew: Analysis of Nest Record Cards from the British Trust for Ornithology Nest Record SchemeG.E. Austin and H.Q.P Crick
The British Trust for Ornithology
1994
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Conservation of the Slender-billed CurlewAdam Gretton
International Council For Bird Preservation, Monograph No. 6
BirdLife International
1991
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The CurlewGerry Cotter
Shire Natural History 55
1990
"The curlew is the largest of the Paleartic waders, its long down-curving bill making it instantly recognisable. There are few other birds which can match the beauty of its calls. This book first describes how the curlew's habitat range has expanded considerably in the twentieth century to include many lowland breeding areas, and then examines its lifestyle. The various calls are set out, after which the breeding cycle is discussed in detail from the initial courtship through to the raising of the young. The book then deals with the bird's inland and coastal feeding habits, its patterns of migration and its enemies, inevitably including mankind."
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Eskimo Curlew: A Vanishing Species?J.B. Gollop, T.W. Barry and E.H. Iversen
Saskatchewan Natural History Society
1986
From the introduction: "This book is an attempt to compile the Eskimo Curlew's history and what is known about its biology largely in the words of people who were its contemporaries. It brings together the observations and comments of more than 300 people who saw or talked with people who saw Eskimo Curlews. Most of these contacts between people and curlews occurred during the last half of the 19th century as "civilization" expanded in the New World and curlews went from great abundance to great scarcity. How various factors contributed to this decline cannot be documented, but it is possible that curlews were killed by man every day of the year through the 1870s a period of unregulated hunting and seemingly unlimited bird populations. As a result, this publication relies to a great extent on hunting experiences because more appears in print about them than about other aspects of the curlew's history."
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Ecology and Behavior of the Long-billed Curlew in Southeastern WashingtonJulia N. Allen
Monograph No 73
Wildlife Society
1980
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