Bristle-thighed Curlew (Numenius tahitiensis): Photos, Range and Facts

Overview

The bristle-thighed curlew (Numenius tahitiensis) is a medium-sized shorebird that breeds in Alaska and winters on tropical Pacific islands.
It is known in Mangareva as kivi or kivikivi and in Rakahanga as kihi; it is said to be the origin of the name for the New Zealand flightless bird kiwi although some linguists like Robert Blust has proposed an alternate origin from Proto-Oceanic *kiwiwi, the Pacific golden plover, instead.

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Where to see it

Destination guides featuring this bird

United States Nome Three roads into the tundra with Siberian strays and Arctic breeders.

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Range and habitat

Breeds upland low Arctic tundra of western Alaska, in north-central Seward Peninsula and northern Yukon Delta; winters from Micronesia and Fiji eastward through Northwestern Hawaiian Islands and Kaui (rarer on other main Hawaiian Islands), and throughout Polynesia.

Bristle-thighed Curlew

Overview

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Range and habitat

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