bristle-thighed curlew
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It also included a 2014 Watch List of the 233 U.S. bird species most in danger of extinction and in need of immediate conservation help, including the White-rumped Swiftlet, California Gnatcatcher, Bristle-thighed Curlew and Sooty Grouse.
From Reuters
Shaginoff worked alongside wildlife biologists to examine genetic samples of the bristle-thighed curlew, a bird that spends the warmer months in Alaska and heads south toward Hawaii for the winter.
From US News
The ruddy turnstone and bristle-thighed curlew fly more than 2,000 miles nonstop from Alaska to the Hawaiian islands on their way to the South Pacific.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ornithologist Lincoln added that the swift discovery left only one North American bird-mapping mystery unsolved: where nests the bristle-thighed curlew?*
From Time Magazine Archive
It was named the bristle-thighed curlew,* Numenius tahitiensis.
From Time Magazine Archive
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