Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Sandpipers and Allies :: Whimbrel

Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus

Described by: Linnaeus (1758)
Alternate common name(s): Hudsonian Curlew
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Ventura Harbor, Ventura County, California, USA - Aug 1, 2001 © William Hull  Yatsu Higata Nature Observation Center, Chiba, Japan - May 17, 2003 © William Hull  Yatsu Higata Nature Observation Center, Chiba, Japan - May 9, 2003 © William Hull  Yatsu Higata Nature Observation Center, Chiba, Japan - May 9, 2003 © William Hull  Yatsu Higata Nature Observation Center, Chiba, Japan - Jun 21, 2003 © William Hull 
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Range

Holarctic
Fragmented distribution, but wanders worldwide. ;
(1) N. Europe from Iceland, Faroe Is., n. British Isles, n. Scandinavia, n. Russia, locally in n. Siberia e. to Anadyrland and s. to the Orkney and Shetland Is., s. Scandinavia, c. Russia and c. Siberia mostly n. of the Arctic Circle.
Winters in Africa and nw. India.
(2) C. Russia.
Winters in e. Africa and Madagascar.
(3) E. Siberia.
Winters in Taiwan, Australia in all coastal regions of Western Australia, Northern Australia, Queensland (Barrier Reef islands), New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia to Tasmania and the Pacific Is. (4) N. Alaska and n. Canada from n. Yukon and nw. Mackenzie s. to w. and c. Alaska (Norton Sound, Alaska Range and Susitna River Highlands), sw. Yukon to nw. Ontario (w. Hudson Bay to nw. James Bay). Winters s. in the s. United States to n. South America (Brazil, e. Bahia).

Videos

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Sounds

Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Aves de Chile
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Pintails Home (Kim Hyun-Tae)
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: ETI BioInformatics

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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