#0914 · 🐦 birds

Little Curlew

🇳🇱 Kleine Regenwulp ·Numenius minutus

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

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what is it?

The little curlew ( Numenius minutus ) is a wader in the large bird family Scolopacidae. It is a very small curlew, which breeds in the far north of Siberia. It is closely related to the North American Eskimo curlew.

base stats

NL sightings 5iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 384iNaturalist observations
weight 182 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

Spotted 5 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
384 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 182 g.
Scientifically named by John Gould in 1841 (185 years ago).

fact sheet

English: Little Curlew
Nederlands: Kleine Regenwulp
scientific name: Numenius minutus
class: Aves
order: Charadriiformes
family: Scolopacidae
IUCN Red List: LC · least concern
sightings in NL: 5
sightings in Europe: 6
sightings worldwide: 384
GBIF records in NL: 1,739
weight: 182 g
length: —
lifespan: —
named: 1841 by John Gould

IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.

relatives· Scolopacidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 3900, Wikidata Q76569, GBIF 2481782, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.