BirdUp · Species
Little Curlew
Numenius minutusGould, 1841
Native
- Order
- CHARADRIIFORMES
- Family
- Scolopacidae
- Genus
- Numenius
- Commonness
- Very common
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The little curlew is a wader in the large bird family Scolopacidae. It is a very small curlew, which breeds in the far north of Siberia. It is closely related to the North American Eskimo curlew.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- Patchily in subarctic taiga of west-central to east-central Siberia
- Non-breeding range
- Coastal and inland Trans-Fly (south-central New Guinea), Port Moresby area (south-east New Guinea) and north Australia to west-central and east-central coasts
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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