Listen to the Eurasian whimbrel
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About the Eurasian whimbrel
The Eurasian whimbrel is a bird in the family Scolopacidae (order Charadriiformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults have a wingspan of about 107 cm.
What does the Eurasian whimbrel sound like?
Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
The recordings here are labelled as nocturnal flight call. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The Eurasian whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus), historically known as the white-rumped whimbrel in North America, is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae. It is one of the most widespread of the curlews, breeding across much of subarctic Palearctic region and Europe as far south as Scotland. This species and the Hudsonian whimbrel were split in 2019, although some taxonomic authorities still consider them to be conspecific.
Related birds in the genus Numenius
More from the family Scolopacidae
Eurasian woodcock
Scolopax rusticola
Common redshank
Tringa totanus
Common snipe
Gallinago gallinago
Common sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Common greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Black-tailed godwit
Limosa limosa
Green sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
Wood sandpiper
Tringa glareola
Dunlin
Calidris alpina
Spotted redshank
Tringa erythropus
Temminck's stint
Calidris temminckii
Frequently asked questions
What does an Eurasian whimbrel sound like?
You can hear 3 recordings of the Eurasian whimbrel on this page, including its nocturnal flight call. Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
Is the Eurasian whimbrel endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Eurasian whimbrel as “least concern”.
What family does the Eurasian whimbrel belong to?
The Eurasian whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) belongs to the family Scolopacidae in the order Charadriiformes.
Sources & credits
- Nocturnal flight call · Oviedo, Asturias, Principado de Asturias, Spain by Luis Alvarez Menendez – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Regenbrachvogel (Numenius phaeopus) -Blábjörg (Krákhamar Apartments) 2022-07-14 00 01 58 by MVmath20 – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Regenbrachvogel (Numenius phaeopus) - Öndólfsstaðir (Öndólfsstaðir Farm) - 2022-07-15 23… by MVmath20 – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q18858 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Eurasian whimbrel – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Andreas Trepte – CC BY-SA 2.5