Numenius phaeopus, Whimbrel
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Numenius phaeopus   (Linnaeus, 1758)

Whimbrel
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Aves | Charadriiformes | Scolopacidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Others; brackish.  Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-West Pacific. Tropical to polar.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

In general, it occupies coastal habitats during winter, in muddy, rocky or sandy beaches, coral shores, exposed reefs, tidal mudflats, sandflats, mangrove swamps, tidal marshes and lagoons (Ref. 107909).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Engbring, J. 1983 Avifauna of the Southwest Islands of Palau. Atoll Research Bulletin 267:1-22. (Ref. 102970)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 04 July 2024

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)


Threat to humans

  Harmless

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BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 25.2 - 29.3, mean 28.7 (based on 1678 cells).