Jenjang dan burung perancah (Cranes & Waders)
Long-billed Curlew
Numenius americanus
- tidak umum
- 40 km/h
- Risiko rendah
Largest shorebird in North America with an absurd 8-inch curved bill. The pelican of prairie potholes.
- Populasi
- The population is estimated at ~66,000–133,000 mature individuals (98,000–198,000 total individuals), with an alternate estimate of ~140,000 total individuals; the population trend is stable.
- Habitat
- Breeds in short-grass and mixed-grass native prairie and adjacent agricultural fields in western North America; winters in coastal wetlands, tidal estuaries and mudflats, shallow flooded fields, and beaches, plus interior wetlands and pastures in Mexico
- Fakta menarik
- The Long-billed Curlew's genus name, Numenius, derives from ancient Greek noumēnios — built from neos ("new") and mene ("moon") — referring to the slender, crescent-like curve of its extraordinarily long bill.
- Sebaran
- Breeds across the grasslands of the Great Plains and Great Basin of the western USA and southwestern Canada (now extirpated as a breeder from Kansas, Michigan, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, eastern Nebraska, Illinois, Manitoba, and south-east Saskatchewan); migrates to winter along the Pacific, Gulf, and (rarely) southern Atlantic coasts of the USA and throughout Mexico, with occasional individuals reaching Central America (Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica)
- Makanan
- Mainly insects (grasshoppers, beetles, caterpillars, spiders) picked from the ground on breeding grounds, plus occasional toads and berries; on migration and in winter probes deep mud and sand with its long bill for earthworms, marine crustaceans (crabs, shrimp), marine worms, and other bottom-dwelling invertebrates; occasionally eats eggs and nestlings of other birds
- Ukuran
- 0,58 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,76 m
- Masa hidup
- 8 tahun
