Curlew (disambiguation) explained

Curlew is the common name for a group of birds of the family Scolopacidae.

Curlew may also refer to:

Music

• The Curlew, song cycle by Peter Warlock written between 1920 and 1922
• Curlew (band), an American jazz group
  • Curlew (album), a 1981 album by Curlew
• Curlew River, a 1964 opera by Benjamin Britten

Places

• Curlew Island (disambiguation)

Canada

• Curlew, Alberta, a locality in Kneehill County, Alberta

United States

• Curlew, Iowa, a city in Palo Alto County, Iowa
• Curlew, Kentucky, an unincorporated community in Union County, Kentucky
• Curlew, Washington, an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Ferry County, Washington,

Ships

• Curlew (steamboat), an American steamer completed in 1856 and sunk in 1863
• CSS Curlew, a Confederate States Navy gunboat commissioned in 1861 and burned in 1862
• , a Royal Canadian Navy minesweeper and patrol vessel commissioned in 1914 and sold in 1921
• , various ships of the British Royal Navy
• , a fishery vessel in the fleet of the United States Bureau of Fisheries
• , various United States Navy ships

Aircraft

• CLW Curlew, a British training aircraft of the 1930s

See also

• Curlee (disambiguation)
• Curler (disambiguation)
• Curley (disambiguation)