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 arquata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Numenius*	Brisson, 1760	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Scolopax arquata*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: kojliku i madh; kthinza 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: Голям свирец sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: storspove sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: wulp 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: curlew; Eurasian curlew sources: Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London.

French: courlis cendré 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: großer Brachvogel sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Ευρασιατική Τουρλίδα sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Hebrew: חרמשון גדול sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: chiurlo sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Japanese: ダイシャクシギ sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Lithuanian: didžioji kuolinga sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: storspove sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: storspove sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: storspove sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: kulik wielki sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Romanian: culicul mare sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: большой кроншнеп sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Scottish Gaelic: crotach sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: veliki škurh sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: zarapito real sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: storspov sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: kervan cullugu; kervan çulluğu sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Великий кульон; Кульон великий; Кульон великий (Кроншнеп великий) sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: gylfinir

Literature

basis of record	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London.
additional source	Peterson, R.T.; Peterson, V.M. (2002). A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. Fifth Edition. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 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	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.