Eskimo Curlew
Numenius borealisFAMILY
Sandpipers and Allies (Scolopacidae)
LAST DOCUMENTED
1963
(60 years)
REGION
North America
IUCN STATUS
Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
Last Documented
The last specimen was a bird shot by a hunter on Barbados (September 1963), who mistakenly thought it was a Whimbrel (N. phaeopus) instead (Bond 1965).
Bond, M.W. 1965. Did a Barbados hunter shoot the last Eskimo Curlew? Audubon Magazine 67: 314-316.
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