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  • Eurasian Whimbrel, 1 of 5
    Photo 1 of 5

    (c) Pierre Dalous, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

  • Eurasian Whimbrel, 2 of 5
    Photo 2 of 5

    (c) garyallport, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Eurasian Whimbrel, 3 of 5
    Photo 3 of 5

    (c) Pavel Shukov, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Eurasian Whimbrel, 4 of 5
    Photo 4 of 5

    (c) Ravisara Jayamanna, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Eurasian Whimbrel, 5 of 5
    Photo 5 of 5

    (c) andfas, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Eurasian Whimbrel

Numenius phaeopus

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About

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.

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