Sandpipers, Snipes

Eurasian Whimbrel

Numenius phaeopus

The Eurasian Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) is a 365 g grassland bird that eats a bit of everything. It migrates.

Family

Sandpipers, Snipes

Order

Charadriiformes

Weight

365 g

Habitat

Grassland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Migrant

Countries recorded

152

Recorded in United States, Sweden, Australia, United Kingdom, Spain, Chile, Norway, Canada, Denmark, Netherlands, Portugal, France, Costa Rica, Mexico, South Africa, India, Iceland, Taiwan, Belgium, Finland, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, United Arab Emirates, Colombia, Japan, Thailand, Ireland, China, Gambia, Singapore, Estonia, Honduras, Germany, Indonesia, Brazil, Malaysia, Republic of Korea, Senegal, Guatemala, Kenya, El Salvador, Philippines, Isle of Man, Madagascar, Oman, Venezuela, Morocco, Hong Kong, Namibia, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Sri Lanka, Mozambique, Russia, Belize, Israel, Tanzania, Argentina, New Zealand, AW, Trinidad and Tobago, Italy, BM, Poland, Cabo Verde, SC, Faeroe Islands, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Ghana, Kuwait, Turkey, Austria, Papua New Guinea, Guyana, Mauritius, MP, Palau, BQ, Guam, GP, Greece, GF, Hungary, Curaçao, Bangladesh, VI, Guinea-Bissau, MF, RE, Suriname, Ukraine, Qatar, Barbados, Croatia, Timor-Leste, Egypt, Switzerland, Vietnam, Sao Tome and Principe, Czechia, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, SJ, Bahamas, NF, Cuba, Djibouti, Fiji, MO, Dominican Rep., Cyprus, Gabon, Mongolia, St. Pierre and Miquelon, Romania, Vanuatu, IO, MH, Serbia, EH, Azerbaijan, Slovenia, Grenada, Yemen, Georgia, Bahrain, Guinea, Antigua and Barb., Uruguay, Solomon Is., St. Vin. and Gren., YT, Cambodia, Mauritania, CC, AI, Myanmar, Angola, New Caledonia, Lithuania, JE, TC, Greenland, MV, Pakistan, Cameroon, Latvia, Benin, Nepal, Micronesia.

Where to see it: Nui -Fenua Tapu (Tuvalu); Puerto Rico mudflats (Northern Mariana Islands); Pago Bay (Guam); Jeff's Pirate Cove (Guam); Shoreline by the Mogadishu airport ( Between N 2° 00.242’, E 45° 17.529’ and N 2° 00.752, E 45° 18.283) (Somalia).

Photo: (c) bitsnbirds, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist