curlew

noun2

1. •
   Any of several migratory wading birds in the genus Numenius, remarkable for their long, slender, downcurved bills.

   • The corncrake nested in the unmown field Answers its mate, across the misty stream On fitful wing the startled curlews fly, And in his sedgy bed the lark, for joy that Day is nigh [...] — 1881
2. •
   (Australia) A stone curlew (Burhinidae spp.).

   • That quivering wail from the billabong lying murkily mystic towards the East was only the cry of the fearing curlew. — 1902