Snipes, Sandpipers 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 foraging on a beach at low tide among a small group of Willet. Locality Ventura Harbor, Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (ssp hudsonicus)
Don DesJardin 10 September 2012 36 weeks ago 40 sec 4.9 -
An adult foraging on a beach at low tide among a small group of Willet. Locality Ventura Harbor, Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (ssp hudsonicus)
Don DesJardin 10 September 2012 36 weeks ago 47 sec 4.7 -
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 4 years ago 39 sec 4.7 -
A bird foraging on the beach Locality Ventura, Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (ssp hudsonicus)
Don DesJardin 31 October 2006 5 years ago 18 sec 4.7 -
Bathing and preening in mangrove wetland Locality Caye Caulker, Belize (ssp hudsonicus)
Wayne Hall 2 March 2009 3 years ago 1 min 2 sec 4.6 -
On a beach Locality Genovesa, Galapagos Islands (ssp hudsonicus)
Pascal Vagner 12 May 2012 23 weeks ago 34 sec 4.5
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eating crab
Locality Paracas National Reserve, Ica Department, Peru
Lior Kislev 13 December 2009 1 year ago 4.8 -
In Flight
Locality Al Wakrah Beach, Al Wakrah, Qatar
John A Thompson 19 July 2010 2 years ago 4.4 -
On the rocks at high tide
Locality Al Wakrah Beach, Al Wakrah, Qatar
John A Thompson 12 August 2009 2 years ago 4.4 -
in flight with crab in beak, with Belcher's Gull and Franklin's Gulls
Locality Paracas National Reserve, Ica Department, Peru
Lior Kislev 13 December 2009 1 year ago 4.4 -
Running on muddy shore
Locality Tárcoles, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica
Guy Poisson 29 December 2008 2 years ago 4.4 -
Feeding on clams at the waters edge on Kotu beach
Locality Kotu Creek, Kotu, Banjul, The Gambia
Dave Williams 6 February 2011 38 weeks ago 4.4
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Warning sounds of whimbrel
It had some juv. nearby Locality Sfallsjön, Jämtland County, Sweden
Hans-Josef Köhler 30 July 2010 1 year ago 4.3 -
call in flight. Locality Icapuí, Ceará State, Brazil
(ssp hudsonicus)
Ciro Albano 9 September 2006 4 years ago 3.5 -
Five bouts of a bird singing.
Locality Icapuí, Ceará State, Brazil
(ssp hudsonicus)
Josep del Hoyo 1 October 2008 4 years ago 2.5 -
Warning and song. Locality Sweden
AnteStrand 24 June 2010 2 years ago 2
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