Summary ⁵

The Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae. It is one of the most widespread of the curlews, breeding across much of subarctic North America, Europe and Asia as far south as Scotland.

Distribution ⁶

occurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

Status ⁷

Status : M

Date d'arrivée record: 22/04/1988 (Rivière-St-Jean)
Date de départ record: 30/10/1956 (Thurso)

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Valter Jacinto, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://s.yimg.com/pw/images/en-us/photo_unavailable_l.png
2. (c) Biopix, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.biopix.com/photos/SDL-Numenius-phaeopus-00005.jpg
3. (c) Cláudio Dias Timm, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1409/5128738709_a784440b69.jpg
4. (c) Jorge Montejo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/37486682@N07/3483969283
5. Adapted by Roger Simard from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numenius_phaeopus
6. Adapted by Roger Simard from a work by (c) NatureServe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/14506085
7. (c) Roger Simard, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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• iNaturalist.ca taxon page
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