Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Sandpipers and Allies :: Eurasian Curlew

Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata

Described by: Linnaeus (1758)
Alternate common name(s): European Curlew, Western Curlew, Common Curlew, Curlew
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Yatsu Higata Nature Observation Center, Chiba, Japan - Oct 14, 2002 © William Hull  Yatsu Higata Nature Observation Center, Chiba, Japan - Oct 25, 2002 © William Hull  Yatsu Higata Nature Observation Center, Chiba, Japan - Oct 25, 2002 © William Hull  England - Date unknown © Andy Bright  Slettnes NR, Finnmark, Norway - Jun, 1996 © Stein Nilsen 
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Range

Europe to ec. Asia;
(1) Iceland and n. Europe in the British Isles and Scandinavia e. across c. Russia.
Winters in Africa and nw. India.
(2) C. Asia in nw. and c. Siberia from the Volga River e. to Transbaicalia, n. Mongolia and c. Manchuria s. to s. Europe, Crimea, Ukraine and sw. Siberia (Altai).
Winters in e. Africa, India, Indochina (s. Vietnam in the Mekong Delta) and Taiwan.

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Jeff Blincows Sound Gallery
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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