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Eurasian Curlew

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Eurasian Curlew

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Also known as Numenius arquata, whaup

species of bird

OverviewAI-generated

The Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata) is a species of bird in the family Scolopacidae, order Charadriiformes, class Aves, phylum Chordata. It is an accepted taxon within the genus Numenius. The organism exhibits oviparity and inhabits both marine and freshwater environments.

Its conservation status is listed as Near Threatened by the IUCN, with regional status designated as Endangered. The species has been awarded Bird of the Year. The taxon range includes Indonesia, the Nanling Mountains, South America, and Africa.

Physical characteristics include a wingspan of 0.97 and a mass of 869. The litter size is 4, with an egg incubation period of 28 days. The short name is N. arquata. It has been referenced by 658 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 34 facts across 4 sources: Wikidata, iNaturalist, WoRMS, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

curlew

Species

  1. PhylumChordata
  2. ClassAves
  3. OrderCharadriiformes
  4. FamilyScolopacidae
Habitatmarine, freshwater
Conservationnear threatened
Observations26,846

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Numenius
Mass
869
Image
Eurasian Curlew.jpg
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taxon rank
species
IUCN conservation status
Near Threatened
taxon name
Numenius arquata
Commons category
Numenius arquata
Commons gallery
Numenius arquata
wingspan
0.97
litter size
4
egg incubation period
28
taxon common name
zarapicu
short name
N. arquata
taxon range
Africa
has characteristic
oviparity
regional conservation status
Endangered status
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Encyclopedic overview

The Eurasian curlew or common curlew (Numenius arquata) 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.

Taxonomy

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Eurasian Curlew” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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