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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A bird in shallow water Locality Sine Saloum Delta, Fatick Region, Senegal
Juan Sanabria 1 January 2009 3 years ago 17 sec 3.3 -
An adult bird ruffling its feathers on a sandbar with Crested Terns and White-fronted Tern in the background Locality Letitia Sandspit, Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia (ssp phaeopus)
Nick Talbot 19 April 2008 4 years ago 4 sec 3.3 -
An adult bird preening and defecating on a sandbar with Bar-tailed Godwits in the background. Locality Letitia Sandspit, Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia (ssp phaeopus)
Nick Talbot 19 April 2008 4 years ago 15 sec 3.3 -
Whimbrels flying together with franlin's gulls,grey-haded gulls,american oystercatchers and snowy egrets Locality Paraíso Lagoon, Lima Department, Peru (ssp hudsonicus)
Daniêl Jimenez 15 November 2012 10 weeks ago 22 sec 3.2 -
A roosting flock taking flight Locality Santo Domingo, Valparaiso Region, Chile (ssp hudsonicus)
Greg Baker 8 November 2011 1 year ago 17 sec 3.2 -
An adult feeding on the rocks Locality Australia (ssp phaeopus)
Tom Tarrant 31 March 1995 8 years ago 30 sec 3.2
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walking in the marsh
Locality Carara National Park, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica (ssp hudsonicus)
Georges Olioso 11 December 2004 4 years ago 4 -
Zarapito trinador, Gambia 2008, costa atlántica.
Locality Tanji, Western Division, The Gambia
Juan José Bazán Hiraldo 13 October 2008 2 years ago 3.9 -
On the sand.
Locality Santa Cruz, Galapagos Islands (ssp hudsonicus)
Sergey Pisarevsky 14 March 2012 51 weeks ago 3.8 -
Bird feeding on shore.
Locality Taltal, Antofagasta Region, Chile
Patricio Mackenzie 8 January 2012 1 year ago 3.8 -
On the shoreline
Locality Chomes, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica
Róger Rodríguez 17 March 2013 6 weeks ago 3.8 -
A bird on flight
Locality Bañugues, Gozón, Asturias, Spain (ssp phaeopus)
Luis Mario Arce 9 May 2012 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3.8
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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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