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)