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 |  | Scientific name: Numenenius madagascariensis
Size: 55 - 61cm
Status: Common
Diet: In Australia they probe mostly for worms and small crabs with their long bills along mud and sand flats.
Habitat: Estuaries, mangroves, mud flats and sandpits.
Breeding: Breeds may to June in Siberia and lays 4 eggs that incubate in approximately 27
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| | Eastern Curlew
/Eastern+Curlew/$File/Eastern+Curlew.jpg) Spends summer in Australia then migrates north to Siberia to breed during our winter months. |