Little Curlew

Little Curlew is a very small curlew that breeds in the far north of Siberia and is closely related to the North American Eskimo curlew. It is mainly greyish-brown, including the underwings, with a white belly and a short, for a curlew, curved bill, and has a head pattern like a Eurasian whimbrel (Wikipedia, general species account). The species is a wader in the large bird family Scolopacidae. (Wikipedia, general species account).

This bird breeds in loose colonies in forest clearings in river valleys. It is a very small curlew, which breeds in the far north of Siberia. It is closely related to the North American Eskimo curlew. The word "curlew" is imitative of the Eurasian curlew's call. may have been influenced by the Old French corliu, "messenger", from courir, "to run". It was first recorded in 1377 in Langland's Piers Plowman. (Wikipedia, general species account).