Name: Eskimo Curlew
Scientific name: Numenius borealis
Scientific Classification
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Scolopacidae
When did it become extinct?
The Eskimo curlew is thought to have become extinct around 1970.
Where...
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