Eurasian Curlew
Numenius arquata - Courlis cendré
Systematics
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Order:
Charadriiformes
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Family:
Scolopacidés
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Genus:
Numenius
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Species:
arquata
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 60 cm
- Wingspan: 80 à 100 cm.
- Weight: 475 à 1360 g
Longevity
32 years
Geographic range
Description identification
Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata) is a species of bird in the Scolopacidae family.
Subspecific information 3 Subspecies
- Numenius arquata arquata (w, n and c Europe)
- Numenius arquata orientalis (w and c Siberia to Manchuria)
- Numenius arquata suschkini (w Kazakhstan to sw Siberia)
Foreign names
- Courlis cendré,
- Zarapito Real,
- Maçarico-real,
- Großer Brachvogel,
- Nagy póling,
- Wulp,
- Chiurlo maggiore,
- Storspov,
- Storspove,
- hvizdák veľký,
- koliha velká,
- Storspove,
- kuovi,
- Grootwulp,
- becut eurasiàtic,
- Fjöruspói,
- kulik wielki,
- (kuitala), kluite,
- veliki škurh,
- Большой кроншнеп,
- Gajahan besar,
- ダイシャクシギ,
- 白腰杓鹬,
- นกอีก๋อยใหญ่,
- 大杓鷸〔白腰杓鷸〕,
Habitat
Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level ; Shrubland : Temperate ; Grassland : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha) ; Marine Intertidal : Mud Flats and Salt Flats, Salt Marshes (Emergent Grasses) ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Coastal Sand Dunes, Coastal Brackish/Saline Lagoons/Marine Lakes, Coastal Freshwater Lakes ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Pastureland ; Artificial/Aquatic and Marine : Seasonally Flooded Agricultural Land
Sources of information
- Shorebirds, an identification guide to the waders of the world, Peter Hayman, John Marchant Tony Prater
- Limicoles, gangas et pigeons d'Europe, Paul Géroudet (mise à jour Georges Olioso)
- HBW Alive,
- Avibase, Lepage Denis
- xeno-canto, Sharing bird sounds from around the world,
- IOC World Bird List (v7.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2017.
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
- Anseriformes
- Apodiformes
- Apterygiformes
- Bucerotiformes
- Caprimulgiformes
- Cariamiformes
- Casuariiformes
- Charadriiformes
- Ciconiiformes
- Coliiformes
- Columbiformes
- Coraciiformes
- Cuculiformes
- Eurypygiformes
- Falconiformes
- Galliformes
- Gaviiformes
- Gruiformes
- Leptosomiformes
- Mesitornithiformes
- Musophagiformes
- Opisthocomiformes
- Otidiformes
- Passeriformes
- Pelecaniformes
- Phaethontiformes
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Piciformes
- Podicipediformes
- Procellariiformes
- Psittaciformes
- Pterocliformes
- Rheiformes
- Sphenisciformes
- Strigiformes
- Struthioniformes
- Suliformes
- Tinamiformes
- Trogoniformes