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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorNumenius phaeopus (Linnaeus, 1758) 
AphiaID: 159040

Classification: Biota > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnimalia (Kingdom) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorChordata (Phylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorVertebrata (Subphylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGnathostomata (Superclass) > Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTetrapoda (Superclass) > Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorAves (Class) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCharadriiformes (Order) > Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorScolopacidae (Family) > Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorNumenius (Genus)
Status accepted
Rank Species
Parent Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorNumenius Moehring, 1758
Sources  original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 [details]

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Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
Albanian Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorkojliku mesatar  [details]
Bulgarian Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorМалък свирец  [details]
Danish Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorsmåspove  [details]
Dutch Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorregenwulp  [details]
English Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorwhimbrel  [details]
French Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorcourlis corllieu  [details]
German Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorRegenbrachvogel  [details]
Hebrew Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorחרמשון קטן  [details]
Italian Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorchiurlo piccolo  [details]
Lithuanian Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorvidutinė kuolinga  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorΣιγλίγουρος  [details]
Norwegian Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorsmåspove  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorsmåspove  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorsmåspove  [details]
Polish Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorkulik mniejszy  [details]
Romanian Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorculicul mic  [details]
Russian Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorсредний кроншнеп  [details]
Scottish Gaelic Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorcrotach eanaigh  [details]
Slovenian Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editormali škurh  [details]
Spanish Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorzarapito trinador  [details]
Swedish Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorsmåspov  [details]
Turkish Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorsürmeli kervan çulluğuUnreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorsurmeli kervan cullugu  [details]
Ukrainian Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorКульон середній (Кроншнеп середный)Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorКульон середній  [details]
Welsh Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorcoegylfinir  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution 
From other sources
Baltic Sea
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorPolish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Djibouti
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorDjibouti [details]
Eritrea
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorEritrea [details]
Federal Republic of Somalia
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorSomalia [details]
France
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorWimereux [details]
Gulf of Mexico
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorGulf of Mexico [details]
Iceland
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorIceland [details]
Kenya
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorKenya [details]
Mozambique
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorMozambique [details]
North Atlantic Ocean
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorGulf of Maine [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorIrish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorNorth West Atlantic [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorPortuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorUnited Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
North Sea
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorBelgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Red Sea
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorRed Sea [details]
South Africa
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorSouth Africa (country) [details]
Tanzania
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTanzania [details]
(no group)
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorNew Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorSpanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorZeeschelde [details]
Links Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Barcode of Life (21 barcodes)
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Biodiversity Heritage Library (404 publications)
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Encyclopedia of Life
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo GenBank (23 nucleotides; 20 proteins)
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo IUCN Red List
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo PESI
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo ITIS
Notes 
From other sources
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorDescription Length: 40-43 cm. Plumage: above, neck chest and flanks buff streaked dark brown; belly and lower back white; bold head pattern with buff crown bordered by dark stripe, white or buffish superciliary stripe and dark stripe through eye; tail barred. Immature like adult. Bare parts: iris hazel to dark brown; bill horn brown, paler brown or pinkish toward base, strongly decurved; feet and legs dull blue- or greenish-grey. Habitat: sandy or rocky shores, coast creeks and mudflats, coral reefs and off-shore islands. Palearctic migrant. <389><391><393> [details]

Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorDimensions Length: 17 1/2" (45 cm) [details]

Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorDistribution North America [details]

Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorReproduction Breeds locally to the west of Hudson Bay, in northern MacKenzie and in Alaska. Winters from the southern coast of the United States south to Brazil and Chile. [details]
ImagesChecked: verified by a taxonomic editor 
Numenius phaeopus
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159040
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-05-27 09:47:05Z  created  Appeltans, Ward
2010-09-09 08:18:14Z  changed  Appeltans, Ward
2011-04-08 06:18:06Z  checked  Adriaens, Peter
  
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  Citation: Adriaens, P. (2013). Numenius phaeopus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159040 on 2013-12-12
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