– large wader, dove-sized, smaller than Eurasian Curlew
– nocturnal/diurnal migrant
– migrates singly or (more regularly) in small to medium flocks
– sometimes mixed with other larger waders
Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus ssp.
BIF0544, 01/07/2015, Karrendorfer Wiesen, Germany, Mathias Putze
Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus ssp.
BIF1072, 08/07/2016, Rerik, Germany, Roland Neumann
Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus ssp.
BIF1072, 08/07/2016, Rerik, Germany, Roland Neumann
Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus ssp.
BIF1084, 13/04/2016, North Sea, offshore, Roland Neumann
Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus ssp.
BIF0545, 13/02/2015, Masirah, Oman, Mathias Putze
Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus ssp.
BIF0601, 13/02/2015, Masirah, Oman, Mathias Putze
Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus ssp.
BIF0603, 01/07/2015, Rügen, Germany, Mathias Putze
Grey Plover Pluvialis s. squatarola, AD BREED
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica ssp., AD BREED
Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus ssp., AD BREED
BIF1272, 13/05/2016, North Sea, offshore, Roland Neumann
Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus spec
BIF535, 15/08/2015, Plouezoch, France, Michèle Peron
Telinga parabolic reflector
comparison species:
Eurasian Curlew
Bar-tailed Godwit
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