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Eurasian Curlew in flight together with a Whimbrel - Unspecified

Photographer

» Lionel Sineux

Location

» Vieux Lahou

Country image taken

» Côte d'Ivoire

Date

» February, 2013

Equipment

» Nikon D3100 + Sigma 150-500

Bird Species

»Numenius arquata - Eurasian Curlew

Bird Species (French)

»Courlis cendré

Bird Family

»Scolopacidae - Sandpipers, Snipes

Bird Group

»Charadriiformes Gull, Skua, Tern, Wader

Bird Status

» Near Threatened

Remarks

» For Ivory Coast, the species is a quite rare Paleartic visitor, but regularly seen: about twenty observations until now. On this pic, one can well note that Eurasian Curlew's bill is clearly longer than Whimbrel's one.

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Eurasian Curlew in flight together with a Whimbrel - Unspecified

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