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Eurasian Curlew
Numenius arquata(Linnaeus, 1758)
Near ThreatenedVagrant
- Order
- CHARADRIIFORMES
- Family
- Scolopacidae
- Genus
- Numenius
- Conservation
- Near Threatened
- Commonness
- Local
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The Eurasian curlew or common curlew is a very large wader in the family Scolopacidae. It is one of the most widespread of the curlews, breeding across temperate Europe and Asia. In Europe, this species is often referred to just as the "curlew", and in Scotland known as the "whaup" in Scots.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- Subarctic and temperate Palearctic wetlands, meadows: Faroe Is., British Isles, Scandinavia south to south France, east through north Kazakhstan and (locally) north Mongolia to Transbaikalia (north-east Russia), Inner Mongolia and Heilongjiang (north-east China)
- Non-breeding range
- AF, OR : mainly subtropical to tropical coasts and larger rivers, Iceland, south British Isles, south Europe, Mediterranean, Africa, Malagasy region through Middle East, Indian subcontinent, south-east Asia, Indonesian Arch.; south and south-central Japan, Korean Pen., south-east China, Taiwan and Philippines
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
- Jan
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