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Eurasian Whimbrel

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Eurasian Whimbrel

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Also known as Numenius phaeopus, Whimbrel, Jack Curlew

species of bird

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The Eurasian Whimbrel, scientifically named *Numenius phaeopus*, is a species of bird within the family Scolopacidae. It belongs to the order Charadriiformes, class Aves, and phylum Chordata. The taxon is accepted under the authority of Linnaeus, 1758, and is also referred to by the common names European whimbrel, coegylfinir, Regenbrachvogel, and Zarapito trinador. Its parent taxon is *Numenius*.

This marine-habitat bird has a wingspan of 1.07. Its range includes Brazil, Indonesia, the Nanling Mountains, and South America. The IUCN Red List assessed its conservation status as Least Concern in 2024.

Synthesized by Vinony from 23 facts across 4 sources: Wikidata, WoRMS, IUCN Red List, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

Least Concern

European whimbrel

Species

  1. PhylumChordata
  2. ClassAves
  3. OrderCharadriiformes
  4. FamilyScolopacidae
Habitatmarine

Maximum longevity: 16.1 years (wild) Observations: Oldest banded bird was 16.1 years (http://www.euring.org/data_and_codes/longevity.htm). It is also possible that another banded bird was over 19 years of age when last seen but this has not been confirmed (http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/).

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Numenius
Image
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus.jpg
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taxon rank
species
IUCN conservation status
Least Concern
taxon name
Numenius phaeopus
Commons category
Numenius phaeopus
Commons gallery
Numenius phaeopus
wingspan
1.07
taxon common name
Mantazazana
taxon range
Brazil
short name
N. phaeopus
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Encyclopedic overview

The Eurasian whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus), historically 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 were split in 2019, although some taxonomic authorities still consider them to be conspecific.

Taxonomy

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