Scientific Name:
Numenius phaeopus
Eurasian Whimbrel Fact File
Distribution: Widespread in Australia
Conservation Status: Least Concern
Subspecies: Six
N. p. islandicus: Iceland and British Isles
N. p. phaeopus: Norway to north-central Siberia
N. p. alboaxillaris: (Steppe Whimbrel) Western Kazakhstan to south-western Siberia
N. p. rogachevae: North-central Siberia
N. p. variegatus: North-eastern Siberia
Further reading:
- British Summer-visiting Breeding Waders
- The trials and tribulations of being a Curlew
- Australasian Wader Study Group – Satellite tagging project
- Victoria Wader Study Group – Satellite tagging project
Current conservation efforts
None
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