Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Charadriiformes > Family Scolopacidae > Genus Numenius

Numenius borealis (Forster, 1772)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Numenius*	Moehring, 1758	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: Eskimowulp sources: Avibase - the world bird database

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

English-United States: Eskimo Curlew sources: Charles Hussey

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	Field Guide to Birds of North America 1983
additional source	Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station.
additional source	Peterson, R.T. and V.M. Peterson. 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	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. Bath. 383 p.
additional source	Gallardo, J. C., V. Macías, and E. Velarde. 2009. Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1321–1342 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	ITIS database

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (722 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Numenius borealis (Forster, 1772). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159038