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The Whimbrel, a large shorebird, is the most wide-ranging of the curlew species and the only one that nests across both the Nearctic and Palearctic.

The Whimbrel nests in loose aggregations in open habitats that vary from wet lowlands to dry uplands. This long-lived wader is monogamous and territorial, with mates sharing incubation of four eggs. Nesting success and density vary with habitat; little is known of fledging success. In feeding, the Whimbrel takes advantage of the short, intense flush of insects in the arctic summer as well as berries left from the previous growing season.

On migration the Whimbrel is primarily coastal and oceanic, although some individuals fly overland. Some coastal migrants undergo a nonstop Atlantic flight of up to 4,000 km from southern Canada or New England to South America. Coastal staging areas most critical to migrant Whimbrels have not yet been identified, although flocks of up to 1,000 birds have been documented.

The genus name, Numenius, is Greek for “new moon” (for the crescent shape of the bill); the species name, phaeopus, means “dark countenance”; and the subspecific name is for Hudson Bay.

I think these migratory birds are fascinating. This one was photographed in Peru, but I've seen them in the north coast of Brazil.

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Black-Jacobin - wild - at Sítio Macuquinho.

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