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Long-billed Curlew Bird 8 of 8
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Range/Habitat: The Long-billed Curlew breeds in southwestern Canada and the western U.S. It winters in the southern U.S. to Central America.

Threats: During the 1900’s, Long-billed Curlew populations were decimated by uncontrolled hunting and disappeared from large portions of their range. The current threat contributing to its decline is loss and degradation of prairie and meadow breeding habitat due to grazing and agricultural pressures.

What TNC is Doing: Wings of the Americas’ Prairie Wings initiative aims to protect critical habitat for the grassland birds of the western Great Plains. The Conservancy has nearly completed efforts to identify the places that must be protected to maintain viable populations and we will soon begin working with government agencies and other conservation groups to do so.

Illustrations by David Allen Sibley from The National Audubon Society: The Sibley Guide to Birds published by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York. Copyright © 2000 by Chanticleer Press and David Allen Sibley. No illustrations may be copied, reproduced, or reused without the express written permission of the copyright holders.