Their long beak looks like a sickle, and the tip of the beak bends downward.There are about 8 kinds in the world.The curlew has a long head, neck and legs. Its feathers are gray or brown, and some have stripes.
Little curlewIt is the smallest with a mouth about 1.5 times as long as its head, and its skin is yellow all over;
Middle curlewThe head has watermelon skin lines, the mouth is about twice the length of the head, and the body color is dark;
CurlewThe body is large, the mouth length is more than 3 times the head length, but the body color is light, and the lower body is almost white. When flying, the underwing coverts are almost white;
Big curlewIt is large in size and yellow brown in color.When flying, the wings are covered with black and brown stripes.[1-2]