The Eurasian or common whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus), also known as the white-rumped whimbrel in North America, is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae.

Large, brown shorebird with long, decurved bill. Note bold head stripes. Occurs on mudflats, beaches, and coastal marshes. Often in flocks.

Numenius, the genus assigned to Whimbrel, means “new moon” in Greek, a reference to the bird's bill shape, which resembles a crescent moon. · Hope was the name ...

The Whimbrel, a large shorebird, is the most wide-ranging of the curlew species and the only one that nests across both the Nearctic and Palearctic.

This species has an extremely large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion.

The whimbrel is a large migratory shorebird with a long neck, long legs, and a long downward-curving bill, which it uses to forage for invertebrates on ...

Of the two subspecies commonly occurring in the Southern Hemisphere, Numenius phaeopus variegates is the only one occurring in the East Asian-Australasian ...

Whimbrels are found mainly on the coast, on tidal and estaurine mudflats, especially near mangroves. They are sometimes found on beaches and rocky shores.

The whimbrel is a large shorebird that is about 14 inches in length. It has a long, down-curved, dark brown bill and long gray legs.

The Eurasian whimbrel is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae. It is one of the most widespread of the curlews, breeding across much of subarctic Asia ...