Snipes, Sandpipers and Phalaropes (Scolopacidae)
Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata) - HBW 3, p. 504
French: Courlis cendré
German: Großer Brachvogel
Spanish: Zarapito Real
Other common names: Common Curlew
Taxonomy: Scolopax Arquata Linnaeus, 1758, Sweden.
Racial variation clinal; W populations of orientalis have on occasion been separated as race sushkini. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- arquata (Linnaeus, 1758) - British Is and France across W Europe (N to Arctic Circle) and E to R Volga and Urals; winters from Iceland and British Is S to Mediterranean and NW Africa, and E to Persian Gulf and W India.
- orientalis C. L. Brehm, 1831 - R Volga and Urals E through C Russia and N Kazakhstan to C Manchuria; winters in W, E & S Africa, and from S Caspian Sea S to Persian Gulf and E through S Asia to E China and S Japan, and S to Philippines and Greater Sundas.
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Foraging on mudflat Locality Nam Sang Wai, Yuen Long, Hong Kong
Bob Thompson 22 January 2012 41 weeks ago 8 min 42 sec 4.8 -
Near Dülmen - Merfeld an adult Bird calling. Locality Merfelder Bruch, Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Christian Wiesmann 26 March 2012 23 weeks ago 1 min 40 sec 4.7 -
A bird feeding at the seashore Locality Santoña Marsh Natural Reserve, Santoña, Cantabria, Spain
Javier Ortas 11 December 2007 4 years ago 31 sec 4.7 -
Foraging on mudbank Locality Hong Kong Wetland Park, Hong Kong
Bob Thompson 13 February 2007 40 weeks ago 2 min 35 sec 4.5 -
A bird feeding on the grassland (hare feeding in the background ). Locality East Flanders Province, Belgium
Jeremiusz Trzaska 29 December 2011 1 year ago 32 sec 4.5 -
An adult individual calling, then taking flight, flying upward, and landing with another call Locality Burgenland State, Austria (ssp arquata)
Malcolm Mark Swan 25 May 2006 5 years ago 40 sec 4.5
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migrating bird resting on lake
Locality Zagreb County, Croatia (ssp arquata)
spiljar 29 September 2011 22 weeks ago 4.5 -
Two heads better than one
Locality Al Wakrah Beach, Al Wakrah, Qatar
John A Thompson 16 May 2011 1 year ago 4.5 -
King of meadows.
Locality Biebrza Marshes, Podlaskie Province, Poland
Paweł Wacławik 3 May 2009 12 weeks ago 4.4 -
It is a winter visitor of Hong Kong. It was found at Mai Po mud flat in huge flock.
Locality Mai Po Marshes Nature Reserve, Hong Kong
Pikhar_Ho 27 January 2011 2 years ago 4.3 -
Curlew "on the rocks"
Locality Zeeland Province, Netherlands
Rob Belterman 10 February 2012 1 year ago 4.3 -
Two individuals feed and drink under date trees along road
Locality Ghantoot, Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates
ahmet karataş 22 January 2012 1 year ago 4.2
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Perhaps alarm call Locality Rajasthan, India
(ssp orientalis)
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 February 1995 3 years ago 3 -
Calls of a few birds taking flight from salt marsh Locality Terrington Marsh, Norfolk, England, Great Britain
(ssp arquata)
Stuart Fisher 3 years ago 3 -
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A bird calling in flight (use headphones) Locality Gressholmen Island, Oslo Fjord, Oslo & Akershus, Norway
(ssp arquata)
Eric Roualet 30 April 2011 11 weeks ago 0
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