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12-22-2016

Numenius borealis

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FWS Digital Media Library — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Digital Library is a searchable collection of selected images, historical artifacts, audio clips, publications, and video.  The Eskimo curlew (Numenius borealis), or the northern curlew, is a species of curlew in the family Scolopacidae. It was one of the most numerous shorebirds in the tundra of western Arctic Canada and Alaska, with approximately two million birds killed per year in the late 1800s. As there has not been a reliable sighting since 1987 or a confirmed sighting since 1963, the Eskimo curlew is now considered Critically Endangered or possibly extinct. The bird was about 30 cm (12 in) long and fed mostly on insects and berries.

Detailed information
Full Name: Eskimo curlew (Numenius borealis)
Where found: Wherever found
Critical Habitat:N/A
Species Group:Birds
Current listing status
Status Date Listed Lead Region Where Listed
Endangered 03/11/1967 Alaska Region (Region 7) Wherever found
  • States/US Territories in which the Eskimo curlew, Wherever found is known to or is believed to occur: Texas
  • US Counties in which the Eskimo curlew, Wherever found is known to or is believed to occur: View All
  • Countries in which the the Eskimo curlew, Wherever found is known to occur: Canada
  • Additional species information
Federal register documents
Date
Citation Page
Title
05/23/2016 81 FR 32342 32343 Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Initiation of a 5-Year Review of the Eskimo Curlew
06/22/2011 76 FR 36491 36493 Eskimo Curlew; Initiation of 5-Year Status Review and Request for Information
06/02/1970 35 FR 8491 8498 Part 17 - Conservation of Endangered Species and Other Fish or Wildlife (First List of Endangered Foreign Fish and Wildlife as Appendix A)
04/14/1970 35 FR 6069 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Endangered Species Conservation); 35 FR 6069
03/11/1967 32 FR 4001 Endangered Species List - 1967
Recovery
No critical habitat rules have been published for the Eskimo curlew.
Date
Citation Page
Title
Document Type
05/23/2016 81 FR 32342 32343 Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Initiation of a 5-Year Review of the Eskimo Curlew
  • Notice 5-year Review, Initiation
06/22/2011 76 FR 36491 36493 Eskimo Curlew; Initiation of 5-Year Status Review and Request for Information
  • Notice 5-year Review, Initiation
Date
Citation Page
Title
Document Type
05/23/2016 81 FR 32342 32343 Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Initiation of a 5-Year Review of the Eskimo Curlew
  • Notice 5-year Review, Initiation
06/22/2011 76 FR 36491 36493 Eskimo Curlew; Initiation of 5-Year Status Review and Request for Information
  • Notice 5-year Review, Initiation
Date
Title
08/31/2011 Eskimo Curlew (Numenius borealis) 5-Year Review
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