Eurasian Curlew
Numenius arquata
Storspoven eller den store regnspove er en spove i familien sneppefugle, der yngler i de nordligste og mellemste dele af Europa og Asien. Artens melankolske fløjten er karakteristisk fra især flyvende fugle om foråret.
Our largest : grey-brown and closely streaked on long blue-grey legs — with a very long, smoothly decurved bill. A white wedge up the back shows in flight.
Can be confused with
- Whimbrel — Whimbrel is smaller with a shorter bill kinked near the tip rather than smoothly curved, and shows bold dark crown stripes; its call is a fast tittering whistle, not the deep "cur-lee".
Voice
A deep, wistful, fluting "cur-lee" — the call the bird is named for in several languages; the deep whistles carry especially on spring passage.
Facts
Wingspan
97 cm
Conservation status
næsten truet
Family
sandpipers and allies
Scolopacidae
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This is a short overview for the quiz. For the full account, go to the sources:
- Danmarks Fugle at the Danish Ornithological Society (in Danish)
- Wikipedia (in Danish)The description above is from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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