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Eurasian curlew

Birds

The Eurasian curlew, Numenius arquata, is a very large wader in the family Scolopacidae found across temperate Europe and Asia, measuring 50 to 60 centimeters long with a wingspan of 89 to 106 centimeters, making it the largest wading bird in its range. It has mainly greyish brown plumage, a white back, and a long, distinctively downcurved bill. It is migratory across most of its range, wintering in Africa, southern Europe, and southern Asia, while remaining year round in milder places such as Ireland and the United Kingdom, where it is often simply called the curlew or, in Scotland, the whaup. Once listed as Least Concern, it was upgraded to Near Threatened in 2008 after rapid declines, with UK and Irish populations falling by 50 to 90 percent since 1996. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Diet
Omnivore 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
System (Realm)
Freshwater 2
System (Realm)
Marine 2
Living or Extinct
Yes 3
Scientific Name
Numenius arquata 3
Conservation Status
Near Threatened 5
Comparison
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 4
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Scolopacidae, Taxa
Source Eurasian curlew (Wikidata)

In Ecosystem

Scandinavian Taiga, Ecosystems
Source Wikidata: Common Juniper
Additional Source Scandinavian and Russian Taiga (Wikipedia)Article text
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Found In

Australia

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Belgium

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Denmark

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Djibouti

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Eritrea

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France

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Kenya

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Madagascar

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Netherlands

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North America

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Norway

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Poland

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Russia

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South Africa

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Spain

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Sweden

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Taiwan

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Tanzania

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Ukraine

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Sources
1. EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014)
2. GBIF Species API
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3. Eurasian curlew (Wikidata)
Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q18854 (P225 taxon name)
  • Statements section, conservation status (P141)
    IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): near threatened.
  • Child Taxon Of: Scolopacidae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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4. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Aves
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 32
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 32
"cites_listing":"I/II/III/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/C/D/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Animalia","phylum":"Chordata","class":"Aves","order":null,"family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"Aves","language":"ES"},{"name":"Birds","language":"EN"},{"name":"Oiseaux","language":"FR"},{"name":"鸟纲","language":"ZH"}],"cites_listings":[]
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5. Eurasian curlew (Wikipedia)
Infobox: status
Quote, Infobox: status
NT
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UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Numenius
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 1826
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 1826
"cites_listing":"I/NC","eu_listing":"A/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Animalia","phylum":"Chordata","class":"Aves","order":"Charadriiformes","family":"Scolopacidae"},"synonyms":[{"id":37905,"full_name":"Scolopax arquata","author_year":"Linnaeus, 1758","rank":"SPECIES"}],"common_names":[],"cites_listings":[]
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Scandinavian and Russian Taiga (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIn Ecosystem: Scandinavian Taiga, Article text
Quote, In Ecosystem: Scandinavian Taiga, Article text
Eurasian curlew (Numenius arquata, Near Threatened)
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