---
title: "Maçarico-bicudo"
description: "Numenius americanus — Aves. The long-billed curlew (Numenius americanus) is a large North American shorebird of the family Scolopacidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/long-billed-curlew
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Maçarico-bicudo

> Numenius americanus — Aves. The long-billed curlew (Numenius americanus) is a large North American shorebird of the family Scolopacidae.

- Scientific name: *Numenius americanus*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Campos e prados), `freshwater` (Lagos e rios)
- iNaturalist observations: 27130
- Wikidata: [Q76471](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76471)
- iNaturalist taxon: [3906](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/3906)

## Names

- en: Long-billed Curlew
- de: Amerikanischer Brachvogel
- es: Zarapito pico largo
- fr: Courlis à long bec
- nl: Amerikaanse wulp
- pt: Maçarico-bicudo
- pl: Kulik długodzioby

## Countries with the most observations

US (22811), MX (2405), CA (643), CR (15), SV (11), CO (3), HN (3)

## Summary

The long-billed curlew (Numenius americanus) is a large North American shorebird of the family Scolopacidae. This species was also called "sicklebird" and the "candlestick bird". The species breeds in central and western North America, migrating southward and coastward for the winter.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-billed_curlew

## Photo

![Maçarico-bicudo](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/long-billed-curlew/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jason Leduc · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/278580066

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/long-billed-curlew?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).