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Bristle-thighed Curlew (Numenius tahitiensis) 
Current Status: Com;.ion migrant and summer resident 
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Prior R^cordsSe na r ghk e-ekseffyed-: A flock of eight -were seen in July, 193S &*»4- 
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Visited 1 noli i sna -■ Cant on. :-,m. .h,nner Ourv 
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•i . a V (20—30 J 
Population : This species is present in numbers durinj 
a rt »p«-«J 3 w\A*MK, &Ws, «*£, V^U «~t,w 
July ajafiL-tfte-pepuisrtien-iHe^eAsee-^e^tne population may not be an^ ifisher tmuJk 
in the winter months ( (see table) a Q h ^p p^n 0 ^ in 196 ^ 
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November popuiatfOft ^g'TtTgbfe 1 the July, pQ.pxilriitii'tiT but" thin 
half a 
,slilt seems unlikely that| 
w\ »u V&-C fl Ve 
j j g?? ! * 1 - yyRTgr'»I1» oi -*>*» population would remain 0i tfoo nsQuthe «r-islan ds 
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rather than going -north to breed. It may be that Enderbury in a aoi e f rruraTTEB T 
'eedin ^cauad ii the summer than other is. 
curlews concentrate here 
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inns is 
suyported by evidence from Phoenix and 
McKean Islands which have winter populations of around 100 bi 
no. summer 
rpo-.ulat ion s ave*** 
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«—e of arpraxima tely 10 
