Long-billed curlew
Numenius americanus

Size: 23 inches
Overall Color: cinnamon/brown
Occurrence: grasslands
Diet: insects, eggs of other birds
Nest: dish on ground
Field Identification: long downcurved bill, brown streaking, long legs, very loud voice
Season: summer

Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Phylum: Chordata (hollow nerve cord)
Subphylum: Vertebrata (backbone)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: 31 Scolopacidae (sandpipers, peeps,phalaropes,curlews)
Genus: Numenius
Species: americanus