| The birds were backlit by the rising sun, but as far as I could tell they were plain brown with heavy, decurved bills that did not have knobs. |
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| The crissal thrasher is mostly a uniform grayish brown, with a long, dark tail and a very long, decurved bill. |
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| Old World sparrows are small to medium sized, stocky birds with a short bill with a decurved culmen and short legs. |
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| Feeding quietly, a hoopoe can be surprisingly difficult to detect on the ground especially when probing with long decurved bill. |
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| Bills range from long to short, thick to thin and straight to very decurved. |
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| For example, hoopoe larks have long decurved bills that are used for digging for insect larvae, while calandra larks have strong, stout bills that are used for eating seeds. |
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| The Chough is an elegant member of the crow family, a little smaller than a Rook and distinguished by a bright red, slightly decurved bill and red legs and feet. |
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| They are seed eaters and have a short, strong, decurved bill. |
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| It has a long, slightly decurved bill and a short, upturned tail. |
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| It is similar in size, shape, and color to the Marbled Godwit, but the curlew's decurved bill distinguishes it from the upturned bill of the Marbled Godwit. |
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| Larger races of Dunlin also have a decurved bill, so it's worth a double-check if you think you've found one. |
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| Nutcrackers also have evolved a long, sturdy and slightly decurved bill perfect for tearing into whitebark pine cones and prying out the seeds. |
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