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 borealis (Forster, 1772)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Numenius*	Brisson, 1760	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Scolopax borealis*	J. R. Forster, 1772	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: Eskimowulp sources: Avibase - the world bird database.

English: eskimo curlew sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

French: courlis esquimau sources: Avibase - the world bird database.

German: Eskimobrachvogel sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ukrainian: Кроншнеп ескімоський; Кульон ескімоський

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	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	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	Squires, H. J. (1990). Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 221: 532 p.
additional source	Vanner, M. (2003). The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. 1-383.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p.
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.