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They are listed as <span class="a term-info-a" id="brief-summary-toggle-0">near threatened</span> by IUCN. They are associated with <span class='a term-info-a' id='brief-summary-toggle-1'>freshwater habitat</span>. They are found in <span class="a term-info-a" id="brief-summary-toggle-2">the palearctic</span>, <span class="a term-info-a" id="brief-summary-toggle-3">the indo-malayan realm</span>, <span class="a term-info-a" id="brief-summary-toggle-4">Afrotropics</span>, and <span class="a term-info-a" id="brief-summary-toggle-5">australasia</span>. They are <span class="a term-info-a" id="brief-summary-toggle-6">diurnal</span>. Individuals can grow to 100 cm. They have parental care (<span class="a term-info-a" id="brief-summary-toggle-7">pair provides care</span>). They rely on <span class="a term-info-a" id="brief-summary-toggle-8">flight</span> to move around.</p> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click; toggle: #brief-summary-toggle-0'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://eol.org/schema/terms/nearThreatened">http://eol.org/schema/terms/nearThreatened</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> A taxon is Near Threatened when it has been evaluated against the criteria but does not qualify for Critically Endangered, Endangered or Vulnerable now, but is close to qualifying for or is likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future</li> <li><strong>Source:</strong> <a href='http://apiv3.iucnredlist.org/api/v3/taxonredirect/22693190'>http://apiv3.iucnredlist.org/api/v3/taxonredirect/22693190</a></li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bot%5D=1654&tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=500&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click; toggle: #brief-summary-toggle-1'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000873">http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000873</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> A biome that applies to the freshwater realm.</li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bot%5D=891&tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=871&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click; toggle: #brief-summary-toggle-2'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q106447">http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q106447</a></li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bot%5D=7615&tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=229&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click; toggle: #brief-summary-toggle-3'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://eol.org/schema/terms/IndoMalayan">http://eol.org/schema/terms/IndoMalayan</a></li> <li><strong>Attribution:</strong> <a href='https://www.oneearth.org/realms/indomalaya/'>https://www.oneearth.org/realms/indomalaya/</a></li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bot%5D=7609&tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=229&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click; toggle: #brief-summary-toggle-4'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://eol.org/schema/terms/Afrotropical">http://eol.org/schema/terms/Afrotropical</a></li> <li><strong>Attribution:</strong> <a href='https://www.oneearth.org/realms/afrotropics/'>https://www.oneearth.org/realms/afrotropics/</a></li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bot%5D=7598&tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=229&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click; toggle: #brief-summary-toggle-5'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://eol.org/schema/terms/Australasia">http://eol.org/schema/terms/Australasia</a></li> <li><strong>Attribution:</strong> <a href='https://www.oneearth.org/realms/australasia/'>https://www.oneearth.org/realms/australasia/</a></li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bot%5D=3206&tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=229&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click; toggle: #brief-summary-toggle-6'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q906470">http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q906470</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> animal behavior characterized by activity during the day, with a period of inactivity at night.</li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bot%5D=637&tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=4469&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click; toggle: #brief-summary-toggle-7'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://eol.org/schema/terms/parentalCarePair">http://eol.org/schema/terms/parentalCarePair</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> Both parents feed and nurture offspring.</li> <li><strong>Attribution:</strong> <a href='Richard M. Sibly, Christopher C. Witt, Natalie A. Wright, Chris Venditti, Walter Jetz, and James H. Brown. 2012. Energetics, lifestyle, and reproduction in birds. PNAS 109(27):10937-10941, doi:10.1073/pnas.1206512109'>Richard M. Sibly, Christopher C. Witt, Natalie A. Wright, Chris Venditti, Walter Jetz, and James H. Brown. 2012. Energetics, lifestyle, and reproduction in birds. PNAS 109(27):10937-10941, doi:10.1073/pnas.1206512109</a></li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bot%5D=6361&tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=1837&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click; toggle: #brief-summary-toggle-8'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NBO_0000367">http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NBO_0000367</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> self-propelled movement of an organism from one location to another through the air, usually by means of active wing movement</li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bot%5D=844&tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=1357&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> <p>EOL has data for <a href="/pages/45509193/data">47 attributes</a>, including:</p> </div> <ul class='sample-traits'> <li> <div> <div class='sample-trait-key a'>Body symmetry</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://eol.org/schema/terms/body_symmetry">http://eol.org/schema/terms/body_symmetry</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> overall repetitive or reflective pattern in the body of one individual of this taxon. eg: bilateral symmetry, rotational symmetry, radial symmetry</li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=12748&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> </div> <div> <div class='sample-trait-val a'>bilaterally symmetric</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001324">http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001324</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> being symmetric about a plane running from frontal end to caudal end (head to tail), and having nearly identical right and left halves</li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bot%5D=8222&tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=12748&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> </div> </li> <li> <div> <div class='sample-trait-key a'>biogeographic realm</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GAZ_00000071">http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GAZ_00000071</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> The largest scale biogeographic division of the earth's surface based on the historic and evolutionary distribution patterns of plants and animals.</li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=229&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> </div> <div> <div class='sample-trait-val a'>the palearctic</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q106447">http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q106447</a></li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bot%5D=7615&tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=229&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> </div> </li> <li> <div> <div class='sample-trait-key a'>body length</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CMO_0000013">http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CMO_0000013</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> A measurement of the longest dimension of a body, typically between two distinct ends of the body. </li> <li><strong>Attribution:</strong> <a href='[database_cross_reference: Dorland:Dorlands_Illustrated_Medical_Dictionary--31st_Ed] [database_cross_reference: ISBN:978-1416049982]'>[database_cross_reference: Dorland:Dorlands_Illustrated_Medical_Dictionary--31st_Ed] [database_cross_reference: ISBN:978-1416049982]</a></li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=255&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> </div> <div> <div class='sample-trait-val'>100 cm</div> </div> </li> <li> <div> <div class='sample-trait-key a'>foraging habitat</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://eol.org/schema/terms/ForagingHabitat">http://eol.org/schema/terms/ForagingHabitat</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> Primary habitat where the species forages during the breeding season. </li> <li><strong>Attribution:</strong> <a href='Richard M. Sibly, Christopher C. Witt, Natalie A. Wright, Chris Venditti, Walter Jetz, and James H. Brown. 2012. Energetics, lifestyle, and reproduction in birds. PNAS 109(27):10937-10941, doi:10.1073/pnas.1206512109'>Richard M. Sibly, Christopher C. Witt, Natalie A. Wright, Chris Venditti, Walter Jetz, and James H. Brown. 2012. Energetics, lifestyle, and reproduction in birds. PNAS 109(27):10937-10941, doi:10.1073/pnas.1206512109</a></li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=871&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> </div> <div> <div class='sample-trait-val a'>freshwater</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000873">http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000873</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> A biome that applies to the freshwater realm.</li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bot%5D=891&tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=871&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> </div> </li> <li> <div> <div class='sample-trait-key a'>geographic distribution includes</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present">http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.</li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=941&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> </div> <div> <div class='sample-trait-val a'>Senegal</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://www.geonames.org/2245662">http://www.geonames.org/2245662</a></li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bot%5D=6968&tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=941&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> </div> </li> <li> <div> <div class='sample-trait-key a'>growth rate</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/SNOMEDCT/260865002">http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/SNOMEDCT/260865002</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> The rate of increase in the size of an organism per unit time.</li> <li><strong>Comment:</strong> Replace with GO:growth and PATO:rate once it is available through BATTO.</li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=989&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> </div> <div> <div class='sample-trait-val'>0.13 /day</div> </div> </li> <li> <div> <div class='sample-trait-key a'>life span</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0000050">http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0000050</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> A time quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's expected maximum age.</li> <li><strong>Comment:</strong> Ontology Description: http://obofoundry.org/wiki/index.php/PATO:Main_Page Ontology Source: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/pato.owl</li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=1329&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> </div> <div> <div class='sample-trait-val'>31.8 years</div> </div> </li> <li> <div> <div class='sample-trait-key a'>locomotion</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0040011">http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0040011</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> Self-propelled movement of a cell or organism from one location to another. </li> <li><strong>Attribution:</strong> <a href='[database_cross_reference: GOC:dgh]'>[database_cross_reference: GOC:dgh]</a></li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=1357&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> </div> <div> <div class='sample-trait-val a'>flight</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NBO_0000367">http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NBO_0000367</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> self-propelled movement of an organism from one location to another through the air, usually by means of active wing movement</li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bot%5D=844&tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=1357&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> </div> </li> <li> <div> <div class='sample-trait-key a'>population trend</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://eol.org/schema/terms/population_trend">http://eol.org/schema/terms/population_trend</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> i.e., increasing, decreasing, stable, or unknown</li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=1981&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> </div> <div> <div class='sample-trait-val'>Decreasing</div> </div> </li> <li> <div> <div class='sample-trait-key a'>prenatal development duration</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://eol.org/schema/terms/PrenatalDevelopmentDuration">http://eol.org/schema/terms/PrenatalDevelopmentDuration</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> The duration of the development from fertilized, deposited or implanted egg to hatching/birth. Corresponds to egg incubation duration in oviparous animals and to gestation period duration in viviparous animals.</li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=1997&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> </div> <div> <div class='sample-trait-val'>30 days</div> </div> </li> <li> <div> <div class='sample-trait-key a'>trophic guild</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://eol.org/schema/terms/TrophicGuild">http://eol.org/schema/terms/TrophicGuild</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> A group of species that exploit the same food resources, and/or use the same feeding or foraging methods. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guild_(ecology)</li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=2561&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> </div> <div> <div class='sample-trait-val a'>invertivore</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://eol.org/schema/terms/invertivore">http://eol.org/schema/terms/invertivore</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> An organism that feed on invertebrate animals (insects, crustaceans, molluscs, worms, etc.)</li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bot%5D=1194&tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=2561&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> </div> </li> <li> <div> <div class='sample-trait-key a'>weight</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0000128">http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0000128</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> A physical quality inhering in a bearer that has mass near a gravitational body.</li> <li><strong>Comment:</strong> Ontology Description: http://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/PATO Ontology Source: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/pato.owl</li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=2732&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> </div> <div> <div class='sample-trait-val'>728 g</div> </div> </li> </ul> <link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="/assets/leaflet-0c7c49ff6cef60703f21846c767458278dc2e5a07b6df4416a14a9ee18fd8764.css" /> <div class='map-contain-overview-section'> <div class='map-contain map-contain-overview'> <div class='map' data-icon-path='/assets/maps/pin24-d17b03d0a7bd19160afaf9201eac240d5c79b6181ea425ebf09355f73099e856.png' data-icon-retina-path='/assets/maps/pin48-dc733efea4bd3e7cb7d10c3faf5e670f9e5833f09ef9433045fc1a9dd67d9948.png' data-map-data-path='/data/map_data_dwca/93/45509193.json' id='map'></div> <div class='uk-text-meta map-caption'>Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of curlew, eurasian curlew. <a href='https://gbif.org/species/2481792'>View this species on GBIF <i class='fa fa-external-link'></i></a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class='l-right-col'> <a class="hero-link" href="/media/15268841"><div class='hero hero-after'> <img src="https://content.eol.org/data/media/be/30/5b/30.3f9d6c48c0284aacdb0f7b73013feac7.jpg" /> <div class='img-info'> <i class='copyright icon'></i> David Blank   cc-by-nc-sa-3.0 </div> </div> </a> </div> </div> <div class='l-overview-full'> <div class='trophic-web-contain-overview js-trophic-web-remote-contain' data-load-path='/pages/45509193/trophic_web'> <div class='uk-flex uk-flex-center js-spinner'> <div class='spinner' uk-position='center' uk-spinner></div> </div> </div> <div class='page-children'> <h4>curlew, eurasian curlew includes <a href="/pages/45509193/names">3 children</a>:</h4> <ul class='page-child-list'> <li> <a href="/pages/1227931">Numenius arquata arquata (Linnaeus 1758) (Western Eurasian Curlew)</a> </li> <li> <a href="/pages/4373733">Numenius arquata orientalis Brehm & CL 1831 (Eastern Eurasian Curlew)</a> </li> <li> <a href="/pages/28264765">Numenius arquata suschkini Neumann 1929</a> </li> <a href="/pages/45509193/names">see more</a> </ul> </div> </div> </div> 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