Eurasian Whimbrel

Numenius phaeopus

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia β€ΊPhylum: Chordata β€ΊClass: Aves β€ΊOrder: Charadriiformes β€ΊFamily: Scolopacidae β€ΊGenus: Numenius

About

The whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae. It is one of the most widespread of the curlews, breeding across much of subarctic North America, Europe and Asia as far south as Scotland.