BirdUp · Species
Eurasian Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus(Linnaeus, 1758)
Native
- Order
- CHARADRIIFORMES
- Family
- Scolopacidae
- Genus
- Numenius
- Commonness
- Very common
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The Eurasian whimbrel, also known as the white-rumped whimbrel in North America, is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae. It is one of the most widespread of the curlews, breeding across much of subarctic Palearctic region and Europe as far south as Scotland. This species and the Hudsonian whimbrel have recently been split, although some taxonomic authorities still consider them to be conspecific.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- Patchily in subarctic tundra of Palearctic: north-east Greenland and north Scotland through subarctic Russia to Chukotskiy Pen. (north-east Russia)
- Non-breeding range
- Widespread on temperate to tropical Palearctic coasts: south British Isles, Madeira to Cape Verde (Macaronesia, north-west of north Africa), west Mediterranean, Africa, Indian Ocean and associated gulfs, bays and islands, Australasia to North and north South is. (New Zealand) and Melanesia, north to Ryukyu Is. (=Nansei Shoto, south Japan) and east to Micronesia; rare farther east in Polynesia
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
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05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
4 photos
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