Sandpipers, Snipes and Phalaropes (Scolopacidae)
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) - HBW 3, p. 503
French: Courlis corlieu
German: Regenbrachvogel
Spanish: Zarapito Trinador
Taxonomy: Scolopax phæopus Linnaeus, 1758, Sweden.
Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- phaeopus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Iceland, Faeroes and N Scotland through Scandinavia to R Yenisey and SW Taymyr; winters from extreme SW Europe and Africa through Middle East to W India, Sri Lanka and Andaman and Nicobar Is.
- alboaxillaris Lowe, 1921 - steppes N of Caspian Sea; winters on islands and coasts of W Indian Ocean.
- variegatus (Scopoli, 1786) - NE Siberia, from Verkhoyansk Mts, and perhaps SE Taymyr, to basins of R Kolyma and R Anadyr; winters from E India to Taiwan, and S through Philippines and Indonesia to Australasia.
- hudsonicus Latham, 1790 - W & N Alaska, E to W Yukon and NW Mackenzie, and also W Hudson Bay; winters from S USA to S South America.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult utilizing its curved bill to forage under rocks at low tide for marine invertebrates such as worms. Locality Ventura, Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (ssp hudsonicus)
Don DesJardin 21 December 2008 3 years ago 39 sec 4.5 -
Two birds on migration Locality North East Scotland, Scotland, Great Britain
Kim Tarsey 13 May 2011 37 weeks ago 44 sec 4.4 -
A bird preening in the highlands behind Krampenes Locality Varanger Fjord, Finnmark County, Norway
Ghislain Gosse 31 May 2010 1 year ago 27 sec 4.4 -
Bathing and preening in mangrove wetland Locality Caye Caulker, Belize (ssp hudsonicus)
Wayne Hall 2 March 2009 2 years ago 1 min 2 sec 4.4 -
An adult on a beach calling twice Locality Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (ssp hudsonicus)
Don DesJardin 31 October 2007 4 years ago 23 sec 4.4 -
A bird foraging on the beach Locality Ventura, Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (ssp hudsonicus)
Don DesJardin 31 October 2006 4 years ago 18 sec 4.3
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Adult bird in winter plumage.
Locality Orange Valley, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
nigel lallsingh 29 January 2012 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4.4 -
Bird on the beach across from Channel Islands National Park Visitor Center in Ventura Harbor
Locality Ventura Harbor, Ventura County, California, USA (United States)
Tom Moxley 10 April 2011 38 weeks ago 4.4 -
In Flight
Locality Al Wakra Beach, Qatar
John A Thompson 19 July 2010 1 year ago 4.3 -
Running on muddy shore
Locality Tárcoles, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica
Guy Poisson 29 December 2008 1 year ago 4.3 -
On the rocks at high tide
Locality Al Wakra Beach, Qatar
John A Thompson 12 August 2009 1 year ago 4.3 -
On the beach standing and a log
Locality Al Wakra Beach, Qatar
John A Thompson 8 September 2010 1 year ago 4.2
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Warning sounds of whimbrel
It had some juv. nearby Locality Sfallsjön, Jämtland County, Sweden
Hans-Josef Köhler 30 July 2010 29 weeks ago 4.3 -
call in flight. Locality Icapuí, Ceará State, Brazil
(ssp hudsonicus)
Ciro Albano 9 September 2006 2 years ago 4 -
Five bouts of a bird singing.
Locality Icapuí, Ceará State, Brazil
(ssp hudsonicus)
Josep del Hoyo 1 October 2008 2 years ago 2.5 -
Warning and song. Locality Sweden
AnteStrand 24 June 2010 1 year ago 2
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