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Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus) ebird/Clements (2019)
	237 (1 photos) Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus parvus/americanus) Sandpipers and Allies (Scolopacidae) Campos el Molino, Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes (Agu), Mexico 2007-04-01 Subspecies parvus/americanus. Flying.
	233 (1 photos) Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus parvus/americanus) Sandpipers and Allies (Scolopacidae) Campos el Molino, Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes (Agu), Mexico 2008-11-11 Rather common winter guest in Ags. Max. 1300 seen nightroosting in same field.
	234 (1 photos) Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus parvus/americanus) Sandpipers and Allies (Scolopacidae) Campos el Molino, Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes (Agu), Mexico 2008-11-11 Study of different bill lengths. The shortest normally belong to the juveniles and the longest to the females.
	235 (1 photos) Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus parvus/americanus) Sandpipers and Allies (Scolopacidae) Campos el Molino, Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes (Agu), Mexico 2008-11-13 Often seen together with White-faced Ibis (Plegadis chihi), though it tends to prefer drier areas than the latter.
	236 (1 photos) Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus parvus/americanus) Sandpipers and Allies (Scolopacidae) Campos el Molino, Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes (Agu), Mexico 2008-12-13 The general cinnamon plumage color, especially the underwing, which here is emphazised by the evening light, distinguishes this species from the other curlews. Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa) has a similar plumage, but is distinguished by a straight up-bent bill.
	239 (1 photos) Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus parvus/americanus) Sandpipers and Allies (Scolopacidae) Campos el Molino, Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes (Agu), Mexico 2009-02-13 Can show a rather marked bright eyebrow almost as it is seen on the Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus).
	238 (1 photos) Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus parvus/americanus) Sandpipers and Allies (Scolopacidae) Campos el Molino, Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes (Agu), Mexico 2009-03-08 More grayish appearance from this angle.
	2320 (1 photos) Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus ?) Sandpipers and Allies (Scolopacidae) Presa La Vega, west of Gdl, Jalisco (Jal), Mexico 2016-06-30 Likely adult female. Female because of the long bill, and adult because it is less likely that juvenile birds should have arrived at Mexico yet, but it also looks like an ongoing molt on the neck. Perhaps a bird that stayed in Mexico for the summer?
	2788 (28 photos) Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus ?) Sandpipers and Allies (Scolopacidae) Peninsula Campos - Manzanillo, Colima (Col), Mexico 2018-10-14 Adult, by the pattern on the wing coverts, and think it might be a male with medium long bill. The female normally has a very long bill, but overlap occurs and it can be difficult to judge correctly even from this many photos. Notice the shorter lower mandible and the thickened tip to the upper mandible, which should be unique to the North American Curlews. In these photos you see clearly how the species is separated from Whimbrel which is smaller and has a much grayer plumage plus the heavily barred underwing. Long-billed is a very golden orange bird with a longer bill normally. Sometimes it looks like it has an eyestripe as strongly marked as the Whimbrel, but it never shows the white middle stripe on top of the head. In all it normally reminds more of the Marbled Godwit which was also present this day. But that one is always smaller which can be appreciated easily in these photos, but not always in the field.