bristle-thighed curlew Directory References Discover 12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written” Inventors and Inventions of the Industrial Revolution Can Apple Seeds Kill You? 7 of the World’s Deadliest Plants The Fastest Animals on Earth Timeline of the Titanic’s Final Hours Vietnam War Timeline Contents bristle-thighed curlew bird Also known as: Numenius tahitiensis Learn about this topic in these articles:migration In curlewThe bristle-thighed curlew (Numenius tahitiensis) breeds in the mountains of Alaska and migrates some 6,000 miles (9,650 km) to winter on islands in the South Pacific.Read More