Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Subclass Passerae > Superorder Ciconiimorphae > Order Charadriiformes > Suborder Charadrii > Superfamily Scolopacoidea > Family Scolopacidae > Genus Numenius

Numenius phaeopus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

NumeniusBrisson, 1760accepted genus name

Species group names

Scolopax phaeopus Linnaeus, 1758 synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Albanian: kojliku mesatar sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.
 Bulgarian: Малък свирец sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Danish: småspove sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Dutch: regenwulp sources: Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp.
 English: European whimbrel; whimbrel sources: Bermuda Biodiversity Database;Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London.
 French: courlis corllieu sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
 German: Regenbrachvogel sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Greek: Σιγλίγουρος sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Hebrew: חרמשון קטן sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Italian: chiurlo piccolo sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Japanese: チュウシャクシギ sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.
 Lithuanian: vidutinė kuolinga sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian: småspove sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Bokmål: småspove sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Nynorsk: småspove sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Polish: kulik mniejszy sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Romanian: culicul mic sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Russian: средний кроншнеп sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Scottish Gaelic: crotach eanaigh sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Slovenian: mali škurh sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Spanish, Castillian: zarapito trinador sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Swedish: småspov sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Turkish: surmeli kervan cullugu; sürmeli kervan çulluğu sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Ukrainian: Кульон середній; Кульон середній (Кроншнеп середный) sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Welsh: coegylfinir

Literature

basis of record

Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p.

additional source

Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

additional source

Squires, H. J. (1990). Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 221: 532 p.

additional source

Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London.

additional source

Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p.

additional source

Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.

additional source

Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68: p.

additional source

Gallardo, J. C.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. Pp. 1321–1342.

additional source

King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 431-554.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Numenius phaeopus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159040

Drs. Cees Roselaar. Numenius phaeopus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/cc410785-9b2a-408f-bafe-6e29050e26f9

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Occurrence

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Environment


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Importance

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2011-04-08 by Drs. Cees Roselaar & by Peter Adriaens

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