Eskimo Curlew

The Eskimo Curlew was a small shorebird whose population once numbered in the millions and would create impressive scenes during its annual migration from its breeding range in Alaska and Arctic Canada through the United States and all the way down as far as Patagonia in South America. The Eskimo Curlew relied on a diet of insects found in prairie, habitat which was threatened with the development of widespread agriculture across North America. Along with intense pressures from hunting, the Eskimo Curlew population crashed and the species is thought to be extinct. There has not been a confirmed sighting since the 1960s.