#0685 · 🐦 birds

Eurasian Whimbrel

🇳🇱 Regenwulp ·Numenius phaeopus

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Pierre Dalous · CC BY-SA 4.0
2. © garyallport · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Pavel Shukov · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Ravisara Jayamanna · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © andfas · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Texel, Oudeschild, Noord-Holland, NL:© moodejo · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Nationaal Park Duinen van Texel, Niederlande:© markusgmeiner · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Schagen, Netherlands:© thegreatdodo · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Oosterschelde, Zeeuwse meren, 158_13_400, NL:© stefan_hageman · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. 1792 Oudeschild, Pays-Bas:© didierbas · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

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.

base stats

NL sightings 193iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 24,115iNaturalist observations
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).