鷸科|杓鷸屬

學名：Numenius arquata

英名：Eurasian Curlew

形態(tài)：大型涉禽，體長57-63cm。嘴特別細長而向下彎曲。上體淡褐色具黑褐色縱紋，腰白色并呈楔形向下背延伸，尾白色具黑色橫斑，飛翔時均極為顯眼。頰、頸和胸淡黃褐色具細窄的黑褐色縱紋，其余下體包括腋羽和翅下覆羽白色，兩脅具黑褐色縱紋。

虹膜褐色；嘴黑色，下嘴基部肉紅色；腳青灰色。

分布：中國大部分省份有分布。在保護區(qū)屬常見的旅鳥。

習性：常棲息于湖泊、河流岸邊的沼澤草地，喜河口潮間帶、河岸及沿海灘涂，常在近海處活動。主要以甲殼類、軟體動物為食。

ID: Large wading bird.Body length 57-63cm.Bill very long and strongly arched.Upperbody pale brown streaked dark brown.White wedge-shaped rump and white tail barred black prominent in flight.Cheeks， neck and breast buff brown finely streaked dark brown， the other parts of underbody including armpits and underwing coverts white， flanks streaked dark brown.

BP: Eyes brown； bill black， flesh red at base of lower mandible； tarsi greenish grey.

SD: Common migrant.

HH: Frequents wet meadows near lakes and rivers， banks and intertidal zones in estuaries and coastal mudflats.Often close to sea.Feeds mainly on crustaceans and molluscs.

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