whimbrel

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A whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) stands on wet sand at the edge of the Pacific Ocean in Peru, its long curved bill and reflection visible in the shallow water.

Illustrations of eight bird heads, each showing a different bill shape adapted for feeding: a hooked bill for tearing flesh on a red-tailed hawk, a cone-shaped bill for cracking seeds on a northern cardinal, a flat bill for catching fish on a roseate spoonbill, a spear-like bill for jabbing prey on a great blue heron, a chisel-like bill for digging insects on a northern flicker, a large pouch bill for scooping fish on a brown pelican, a narrow bill with toothlike edges for catching fish on a hoo

bill variation in shorebirds

whimbrel: Media

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Images

A whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) stands on wet sand at the edge of the Pacific Ocean in Peru, its long curved bill and reflection visible in the shallow water.

whimbrel

Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus), or lesser curlew.

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Illustrations of eight bird heads, each showing a different bill shape adapted for feeding: a hooked bill for tearing flesh on a red-tailed hawk, a cone-shaped bill for cracking seeds on a northern cardinal, a flat bill for catching fish on a roseate spoonbill, a spear-like bill for jabbing prey on a great blue heron, a chisel-like bill for digging insects on a northern flicker, a large pouch bill for scooping fish on a brown pelican, a narrow bill with toothlike edges for catching fish on a hoo

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bill variation in shorebirds

bill variation in shorebirds

Variations in the bills of shorebirds (order Charadriiformes).

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